Events in the year 1941 in Belgium
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold III (prisoner) Prime Minister: Hubert Pierlot (in exile) Head of the occupying Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France: Alexander von Falkenhausen Head of the administrative staff of the Occupation: Eggert Reeder
Events 1 January – Léon Degrelle calls on Belgians to collaborate with Nazi Germany.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). 14 January – Radio Belgique launches V for Victory campaign. 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. 3 March – Dedicated Dutch-language Radio België begins broadcasting from London. 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. 5 May – Flemish collaborationist organisations Vlaams Nationaal Verbond and Verdinaso, and the Flemish section of the Rexist Party, sign an agreement to merge. 16 May – Anniversary of the German invasion marked by strikes. 22 June – 337 left-wing activists arrested to prevent. 25 November – Université libre de Bruxelles closes to protest plans to appoint pro-German professors. 6 December – King Leopold marries Lilian Baels in captivity.
Births 3 February – Antoine Duquesne, politician (died 2010) 25 February – Nelly Maes, politician 16 May – Andreas De Leenheer, biologist (died 2022) 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 – Leopold Lippens, 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
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