1940 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1940 in Belgium

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Events

  • 10 January – Mechelen incident: German military plane crashes near Maasmechelen.[2]: 847 
  • 26 April – King Leopold III rejects the government's resignation.[2]: 847 
  • 10 to 28 May – Battle of Belgium
  • 31 May – Belgian parliament in exile meets in Limoges
  • 6 June – Civil-service secretaries-general empowered to keep Belgian ministries running while the government is in exile.[2]: 848 
  • 10 June – The International Red Cross estimates Belgian refugees in France to number 2.2 million.[2]: 849 
  • 28 June – Belgian Labour Party dissolved.[2]: 848 
  • 15 August – Newspaper La Libre Belgique begins clandestine publication.[2]: 847 
  • 10 October – Jews banned from public office by decree of the occupying forces.[2]: 847 
  • 28 October – Belgian government in exile, having been dispersed in France, Spain and Switzerland, re-established in London.[2]: 848 
  • 19 November – King Leopold III in Berchtesgarden makes a personal appeal to Hitler for the release of Belgian prisoners of war.[2]: 849 
  • 22 November – Single overarching trade union established.[2]: 849 

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Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
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