1914 in Belgium

Incumbents

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

  Events

• 24 May – Belgian general election, 1914

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

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

• 28 September – Siege of Antwerp begins

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

• 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
• Paul Hamelius, The Siege of Liège: A Personal Narrative

  Births

• 17 January – Théo Lefèvre, Prime Minister 1961-1965
• 3 June – Karel Kaers, cyclist
• 17 June
• *Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy
• *John Van Alphen, footballer

  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-Adolphe Fonck, 1st Belgian soldier killed in World War I
• August 19 - Alphonse Six, footballer, 24
• November 17 - Werner de Mérode, Catholic politician
• December 9 - Arthur Van Gehuchten, biologist
• December 19 - Édouard Brunard, Liberal politician