Events in the year 1921 in Belgium.

Incumbents Monarch – Albert I Prime Minister – Henry Carton de Wiart (to 16 December); Georges Theunis (from 16 December)

Events

24 April – Municipal elections April – Third Solvay Conference held in Brussels June – Crown Prince Hirohito's official visit to Belgium.David De Cooman, "Crown Prince Hirohito's Visit to Belgium", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 131–145.La Libre Belgique, 21 June 1921. 18 September – 10th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels 20 November – Legislative elections (first with limited female suffrage) 27 November – Provincial elections

Publications Olympic Games Handbook: Containing official records of the seventh Olympiad (New York, American Sports Publishing co.) Émile Cammaerts, Belgium from the Roman Invasion to the Present Day (London, T. Fisher Unwin)

Art and architecture

Buildings Antwerp Diamond Exchange completed.

Births 21 March – Arthur Grumiaux, violinist (died 1986) 13 April – Joseph Moureau, fighter pilot (died 2020) 7 September – René Derolez, philologist (died 2005)

Deaths 12 November – Fernand Khnopff (born 1858), painter

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