1925 in Belgium

Incumbents

Events

• 6 March – Annexation of Eupen and Malmedy to the Kingdom of Belgium.
• 10 March – Parliament passes a law on the provision of electricity.
• 5 April
• * 1925 Belgian general election: Belgian Labour Party and Catholic Party each win 78 seats
• * Henri de Baillet-Latour elected President of the International Olympic Committee
• 23 April – Monument to the Zeebrugge Raid inaugurated by King Albert I.
• 7 June – 14th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels.
• 28 June – Antonio Ascari wins the 1925 Belgian Grand Prix, the first held on the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
• 19 July – Lucien Buysse comes second in the 1925 Tour de France
• December – Flooding in Charleroi

  Publications

• Jean Dominique, Sable sans fleurs
• André Fontaine, L'Art belge
• Frans Masereel, La Ville: cent bois gravés
• Joris Minne, Alphabet
• Marcel Thiry, Plongeantes proues

  Art and architecture

• Major Seminary of Ghent relocates to new buildings

  Births

• 7 January – Louis Carré, footballer
• 31 January – Micheline Lannoy, Olympic figure skater
• 25 February – Gilbert Temmerman, politician
• 8 March – Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne, aristocrat
• 21 March – Pierre Celis, brewer
• 7 April – Jos De Beukelaere, cyclist
• 9 April – Paula Sémer, broadcaster
• 11 April – Rik Kuypers, film maker
• 8 May
• * Dino Attanasio, comics artist
• * André-Paul Duchâteau, comics writer
• 16 May – Bobbejaan Schoepen, entertainer
• 25 July – Yolande Uyttenhove, pianist
• 4 September – Leo Apostel, philosopher
• 5 September
• *Robert Schoonjans, runner
• *Jos Vandeloo, writer
• 16 September – José Desmarets, politician
• 6 October – Jean Mathonet, footballer
• 16 October – Karel Dillen, politician
• 25 October – Joseph Michel, politician
• 3 December – Paula Marckx, pilot
• 20 December – Bob de Moor, comics artist

  Deaths

• 17 January – Hendrik Geeraert, sluice-keeper
• 23 February – Joris Helleputte, architect and politician
• 1 March – Philogène Wytsman, biologist
• 8 March – Juliette Wytsman, painter
• 25 March – Thomas Vinçotte, sculptor
• 9 July – Flavie Van den Hende, cellist
• 16 August – Jean Massart, botanist
• 9 September – Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, politician