1913 in Belgium

Events in the year 1913 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Albert I
 * Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville

Events

 * April
 * 14 April – Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform.
 * 22 April – General strike ends
 * 26 April – King Albert formally opens Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) held in Ghent.


 * November
 * 3 November – Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) in Ghent ends.


 * December
 * 10 December – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.

Publications

 * Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 21.
 * G. A. Boulenger, The Snakes of Europe (London, Methuen).

Births

 * 17 January – Werenfried van Straaten, priest (died 2003)
 * 21 August – François Devries, footballer (died 1972)
 * 15 November – Arthur Haulot, journalist (died 2005)
 * 3 December – Omer Vanaudenhove, politician (died 1994)

Deaths

 * 29 January – Joseph Van den Gheyn (born 1854), librarian
 * 13 June – Camille Lemonnier (born 1844), writer
 * 13 August – Hildebrand de Hemptinne (born 1849), abbot
 * 9 September – Paul de Smet de Naeyer (born 1843), former prime minister