1917 in Belgium

Events in the year 1917 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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

Events

 * 1 May – Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent
 * 7–14 June – Battle of Messines (1917)
 * 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres)
 * 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge
 * 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck (1917)
 * 20–26 September – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
 * 26 September – 3 October – Battle of Polygon Wood
 * 4 October – Battle of Broodseinde
 * 9 October – Battle of Poelcappelle
 * 12 October – First Battle of Passchendaele
 * 26 October – 10 November – Second Battle of Passchendaele

Publications

 * Émile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane).
 * Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917).
 * Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin)
 * Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin).

Births

 * 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020)
 * 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013)
 * 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005)
 * 21 May – Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988)
 * 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist
 * 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990)
 * 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003)
 * 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete
 * 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005)
 * 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013)
 * 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977)

Deaths

 * 5 January – Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff
 * 30 January – Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint
 * 2 March – Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer
 * 6 March – Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician
 * 25–26 March – Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers
 * 13 May – Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter
 * 28 May – Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist
 * 7 June – Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist
 * 29 June – Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician
 * 4 July – Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer
 * 12 July – Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace
 * 31 July – Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet
 * 10 August – James Brannick (born 1889), footballer
 * 11 August – Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician
 * 16 August – Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit
 * 21 August – Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse
 * 5 September – Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician
 * 19 September – Émile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat
 * 21 September – Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier
 * 28 September
 * Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier
 * Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace
 * 9 November – Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist