1926 in Belgium

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Decades:

Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I

Prime Minister – Prosper Poullet (to 8 May); Henri Jaspar (from 20 May)

Refoundation of Orval Abbey
7 January – Flooding along the river Meuse, particularly in Liège.^[1]
21 January – The Belgian Parliament accepts the Locarno Treaties.
31 January – Belgian troops withdraw from German occupation zone.
8 May – Government led by Prosper Poullet falls.
20 May – Government of national unity formed under Henri Jaspar.
30 May – 15th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Antwerp.
23 July – National Railway Company of Belgium founded.
10 October – Municipal elections
20 October – Treaty establishing free movement of labour between Belgium and Luxembourg signed at Luxembourg.^[2]
4 November – Civil registration of wedding between Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant and Princess Astrid of Sweden in Stockholm
10 November – Blessing of the union of Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid in Brussels minster.
15 November – Inauguration of the equestrian statue of Leopold II in Brussels.

^ Jean-Pierre Keimeul, Les inondations de Liège de 1926, Institut d'histoire ouvrière, économique et sociale (IHOES)
^ Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 17:1 (Jan. 1968), pp. 191-192.
^ De Boma à Tshela at IMDb

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