Events in the year 1913 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Albert I Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville
Events
April 14 April – Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform. 22 April – General strike ends 26 April – King Albert formally opens Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) held in Ghent.Davy Depelchin, "The Ghent Universal and International Exhibition of 1913: Reconciling Historicism, Modernity and Exoticism", in Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940, edited by Marta Filipova (Farnham, 2015), p. 185. Partial preview on Google Books.
November 3 November – Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) in Ghent ends.
December 10 December – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.
Publications Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 21. G. A. Boulenger, The Snakes of Europe (London, Methuen).Snakes of Europe on Internet Archive. Demetrius Charles Boulger, Belgium (Detroit, Bay View Reading Club)Belgium on Internet Archive.
Births 17 January – Werenfried van Straaten, priest (died 2003) 22 January – Henry Bauchau, novelist, poet and psychoanalyst (died 2012) 10 March – J. A. van Houtte, historian (died 2002) 24 June – Gustaaf Deloor, road racing cyclist (died 2002) 21 August – François Devries, footballer (died 1972) 15 November – Arthur Haulot, journalist (died 2005) 3 December – Omer Vanaudenhove, politician (died 1994)
Deaths 29 January – Joseph Van den Gheyn (born 1854), librarian 13 June – Camille Lemonnier (born 1844), writer 13 August – Hildebrand de Hemptinne (born 1849), abbot 9 September – Paul de Smet de Naeyer (born 1843), former prime minister
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