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
• 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele
• 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge
• 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck
• 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 , with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers.
• Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary.
• Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations
• 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.

  Births

• 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician
• 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot
• 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist
• 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist
• 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer
• 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist
• 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete
• 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer
• 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist
• 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor

  Deaths

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