1914 in Belgium

Events from the year 1914 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * May
 * 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914


 * July
 * 25 July – General mobilisation for the eventuality of war.


 * August
 * 4 August – German invasion with attendant atrocities: beginning of Belgian involvement in World War I.
 * 5 to 16 August – Battle of Liège.
 * 12 August – Battle of Haelen (1914)
 * 20 to 25 August – Siege of Namur (1914)
 * 21 August – Battle of Charleroi
 * 23 August – Massacre at Dinant.
 * 25 August – Burning of Leuven University Library.


 * September
 * 28 September – Siege of Antwerp begins


 * October
 * 16 to 31 October – Battle of the Yser
 * 19 October – First Battle of Ypres begins


 * November
 * German occupation of Belgium begins to take shape
 * 22 November – First Battle of Ypres ends

Publications

 * Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, The Brussels Gallery of Old Masters (Brussels, G. van Oest)
 * Paul Hamelius, The Siege of Liège: A Personal Narrative (London, T. Werner Laurie)

Births

 * 17 January – Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965 (died 1973)
 * 23 January – Antonina Grégoire, communist partisan (died 1952)
 * 12 April – Jan van Cauwelaert, bishop (died 2016)
 * 3 June – Karel Kaers, cyclist (died 1972)
 * 17 June
 * Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy (died 2005)
 * John Van Alphen, footballer (died 1961)

Deaths

 * January 16 - Alfred de Vinck de Winnezeele, Catholic politician
 * April 21 - Abel de Kerchove d'Exaerde, politician
 * July 6 - Albert de Beauffort, politician
 * August 4 - Antoine Fonck, first Belgian soldier killed in World War I
 * August 19 - Alphonse Six, footballer, 24 (killed in action)
 * November 17 - Werner de Mérode, Catholic politician (b.1855)
 * December 9 - Arthur Van Gehuchten, biologist
 * December 19 - Édouard Brunard, Liberal politician (b.1843)