Events in the year 1925 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch – Albert I Prime Minister – Georges Theunis (to 13 May); Aloys Van de Vyvere (13 May to 17 June); Prosper Poullet (from 17 June)
Events
6 March – Annexation of Eupen and Malmedy to the Kingdom of Belgium. 10 March – Parliament passes a law on the provision of electricity.Steven De Jonge, "De elektriciteitssektor in België", BTNG-RBHC, 16:3-4 (1985), pp. 357-39. 5 April Legislative elections: Belgian Labour Party and Catholic Party each win 78 seats Henri de Baillet-Latour elected President of the International Olympic Committee 23 April – Monument to the Zeebrugge Raid inaugurated by King Albert I. 7 June – 14th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels. 28 June – Antonio Ascari wins the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix, the first held on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 19 July – Lucien Buysse comes second in the 1925 Tour de France 13 October – Gaston-Antoine Rasneur, bishop of Tournai, consecrates the new abbey church of Chimay Abbey. 8 November – Provincial elections December – Flooding in Charleroi
Publications Jean Dominique, Sable sans fleurs André Fontaine, L'Art belge Frans Masereel, La Ville: cent bois gravés Joris Minne, Alphabet Herman Teirlinck, De man zonder lijf, with a cover designed by Karel Maes Marcel Thiry, Plongeantes proues
Art and architecture
Buildings Major Seminary of Ghent relocates to new buildings (now part of Vlerick Business School)
Births 7 January – Louis Carré, footballer (died 2002) 26 January — Jean-Marie Ghuysen, chemist (died 2004) 31 January – Micheline Lannoy, Olympic figure skater (died 2023) 25 February – Gilbert Temmerman, politician (died 2012) 8 March – Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne, aristocrat (died 2005) 21 March – Pierre Celis, brewer (died 2011) 7 April – Jos De Beukelaere, cyclist (died 1969) 9 April – Paula Sémer, broadcaster (died 2021) 11 April – Rik Kuypers, film maker (died 2019) 8 May Dino Attanasio, comics artist (born in Italy; died 2026) André-Paul Duchâteau, writer (died 2020) 16 May – Bobbejaan Schoepen, entertainer (died 2010) 25 July – Yolande Uyttenhove, pianist (died 2000) 4 September – Leo Apostel, philosopher (died 1995) 5 September Robert Schoonjans, runner (died 2011) Jos Vandeloo, writer (died 2015) 16 September – José Desmarets, politician (died 2019) 25 September – Janine de Greef, Resister (died 2020) 6 October – Jean Mathonet, footballer (died 2004) 16 October – Karel Dillen, politician (died 2007) 25 October – Joseph Michel, politician (died 2016) 3 December – Paula Marckx, pilot (died 2020) 20 December – Bob de Moor, comics artist (died 1992)
Deaths 17 January – Hendrik Geeraert (born 1863), sluice-keeper 23 February – Joris Helleputte (born 1852), architect and politician 1 March – Philogène Wytsman (born 1866), biologist 8 March – Juliette Wytsman (born 1866), painter 25 March – Thomas Vinçotte (born 1850), sculptor 9 July – Flavie Van den Hende (born 1865), cellist 16 August – Jean Massart (born 1865), botanist 9 September – Eugène Goblet d'Alviella (born 1846), politician
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