1928 in Belgium

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List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1928 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I
Prime Minister – Henri Jaspar[1]

Events

  • 19 January – Wireless telegraph between Brussels and New York comes into service.[2]: 821 
  • 1 March – First Belgian newspaper published in Elisabethville, Belgian Congo (now Lubumbashi).[2]: 821 
  • 27 April – First board meeting of the newly established National Fund for Scientific Research, chaired by Émile Francqui.[2]: 823 
  • 13 May – The 1928 Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race is won by Belgian rider Ernest Mottard.[3]
  • June – The Belgian Open golf tournament is played at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium and is won by Albert Tingey Jr.[4]
  • 4 July – Financier Alfred Loewenstein vanishes on a Croydon Airport to Brussels.[2]: 823 
  • 29 July – Alfred Loewenstein's corpse washes ashore at Boulogne-sur-Mer
  • 5 to 12 August – Socialist International meets in Brussels.[2]: 822 
  • 6 October – New sluices in Nieuwpoort breached by high water.[2]: 821 

Art and architecture

Buildings
Films
  • Rigo Arnould's L'Yser premières in Brussels on 24 September
Artworks
  • René Magritte “Les Amants”

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
  2. ^ a b c d e f Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
  3. ^ "18ème Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1928". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 7 July 2004.
  4. ^ "Belgian championship". The Times. 19 June 1928. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Belgium: Queen Fabiola in serious condition with pneumonia". Ynetnews. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
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