Events in the year 1917 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Albert I Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville
Events 1 May – Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent 7–14 June – Battle of Messines (1917) 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres) 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck (1917) 20–26 September – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge 26 September – 3 October – Battle of Polygon Wood 4 October – Battle of Broodseinde 9 October – Battle of Poelcappelle 12 October – First Battle of Passchendaele 26 October – 10 November – Second Battle of Passchendaele
Publications Émile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane). Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917). Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin) Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin).
Births 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020) 6 March – Adelin Hartveld, lawyer and resister (died 1942) 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013) 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005) 21 May – Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988) 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990) 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003) 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005) 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013) 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977)
Deaths 5 January – Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff 30 January – Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint 2 March – Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer 6 March – Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician 25–26 March – Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers 13 May – Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter 28 May – Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist 7 June – Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist 29 June – Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician 4 July – Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer 12 July – Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace 31 July – Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet 10 August – James Brannick (born 1889), footballer 11 August – Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician 16 August – Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit 21 August – Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse 5 September – Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician 19 September – Émile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat 21 September – Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier 28 September Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace 9 November – Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist
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