1941 in Belgium

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List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1941 in Belgium

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 1 January – Léon Degrelle calls on Belgians to collaborate with Nazi Germany.[2]: 850 
  • 14 January – Radio Belgique launches V for Victory campaign.[2]: 850 
  • 21 January – Belgian government in exile reaches an agreement with the United Kingdom that Belgian Congo will become part of the Sterling area and enter the war on the allied side.[2]: 850 
  • 3 March – Dedicated Dutch-language Radio België begins broadcasting from London.[2]: 850 
  • 25 March – Twenty leading figures from the vicinity of Liège taken hostage in retaliation to sabotage of the railway, including former government minister of public works, Jules Joseph Merlot.[2]: 852 
  • 5 May – Flemish collaborationist organisations Vlaams Nationaal Verbond and Verdinaso, and the Flemish section of the Rexist Party, sign an agreement to merge.[2]: 851 
  • 16 May – Anniversary of the German invasion marked by strikes.[2]: 851 
  • 22 June – 337 left-wing activists arrested to prevent.[2]: 851 
  • 25 November – Université Libre de Bruxelles closes to protest plans to appoint pro-German professors.[2]: 852 
  • 6 December – King Leopold marries Lilian Baels in captivity.[2]: 850 

Births[]

  • 3 February – Antoine Duquesne, politician (died 2010)
  • 25 February – Nelly Maes, politician
  • 21 March – Dirk Frimout, astronaut
  • 28 March – Walter van den Broeck, writer
  • 31 May – Nicole Van Goethem, illustrator (died 2000)
  • 6 July – Alfons Vansteenwegen, communication theorist
  • 2 August – Jean Cornelis, footballer (died 2016)
  • 5 August – August Verhaegen, cyclist (died 2012)
  • 8 August – Hubert Schoonbroodt, musician (died 1992)
  • 20 September – Alix de Lannoy, noblewoman (died 2012)
  • 23 September – Rita Van De Velde, gymnast
  • 28 September – Lucas Van Looy, bishop
  • 30 September – Els Witte, historian
  • 2 October – Jean Vallée, entertainer (died 2014)
  • 20 October – , politician (died 2021)
  • 24 October – Frank Aendenboom, entertainer (died 2018)
  • 26 October – Bob de Groot, cartoonist
  • 17 November – Thierry de Gruben, diplomat
  • 26 November – Constant Bens, wrestler
  • 23 December – Serge Reding, weightlifter (died 1975)

Deaths[]

  • 18 February – George Minne (born 1866), poet
  • 9 March – Paul Hymans (born 1865), politician
  • 28 August – Sybille de Selys Longchamps, noblewoman
  • 16 September – Valerius De Saedeleer (born 1867), painter
  • 25 October – Renée de Merode (born 1859), noblewoman

References[]

  1. ^ "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
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