1916 in Belgium

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 2–14 June – Battle of Mont Sorrel
 * 19 September – Belgian forces occupy Tabora in German East Africa (East African campaign)
 * 19 October – Cardinal Mercier protests the deportation of forced labourers to Germany.

Publications

 * Désiré-Joseph Mercier, A Signal of Distress from the Belgian Bishops to Public Opinion (London, Eyre and Spottiswood)
 * Felix Timmermans, Pallieter

Births

 * 21 January – Renaat Van Elslande, politician (died 2000)
 * 9 February – Gaston Van Roy, Olympic shooter (died 1989)
 * 7 March – Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, lawyer (died 2018)
 * 1 June – Jean Jérôme Hamer, cardinal (died 1996)
 * 16 April – Richard De Smet, Jesuit (died 1997)
 * 27 August – Robert Van Eenaeme, cyclist (died 1959)
 * 7 September – Charles Vanden Wouwer, footballer (died 1989)
 * 7 October – Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop of Ghent (died 2004)
 * 10 October – Bernard Heuvelmans, cryptozoologist (died 2001)
 * 18 October – Jacques Van Offelen, politician (died 2006)
 * 28 November – Mary Lilian Baels, second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium (died 2002)
 * 30 November – Andrée de Jongh, patriot (died 2007)
 * 30 December – Robert-Joseph Mathen, bishop (died 1997)

Deaths

 * 4 January – Godefroid Kurth (born 1847), historian
 * 12 March – Julien Davignon (born 1854), Catholic politician
 * 1 April – Gabrielle Petit (born 1893), patriot
 * 16 May – Émile Royer (born 1866), politician
 * 1 June – François Stroobant (born 1819), lithographer
 * 11 July – Rik Wouters (born 1882), painter
 * 5 November – Antoon Stillemans (born 1832), bishop of Ghent
 * 27 November – Émile Verhaeren (born 1855), poet