1921 in Belgium

Events in the year 1921 in Belgium.

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Decades:

1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s

See also:

Other events of 1921
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I

Prime Minister – Henry Carton de Wiart (to 16 December); Georges Theunis (from 16 December)

Events

Electoral poster for the Belgian Women's Party

24 April – Municipal elections
April – Third Solvay Conference held in Brussels
June – Crown Prince Hirohito's official visit to Belgium.[1][2]
18 September – 10th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels
20 November – Legislative elections (first with limited female suffrage)
27 November – Provincial elections

Publications

Olympic Games Handbook: Containing official records of the seventh Olympiad (New York, American Sports Publishing co.)[3]
Émile Cammaerts, Belgium from the Roman Invasion to the Present Day (London, T. Fisher Unwin)[4]

Art and architecture

Antwerp Diamond Exchange (completed 1921)

Buildings

Antwerp Diamond Exchange completed.[5]

Births

21 March – Arthur Grumiaux, violinist (died 1986)
13 April – Joseph Moureau, fighter pilot (died 2020)
7 September – René Derolez, philologist (died 2005)

Deaths

12 November – Fernand Khnopff (born 1858), painter

References

David De Cooman, "Crown Prince Hirohito's Visit to Belgium", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 131–145.
La Libre Belgique, 21 June 1921.
"Olympic games handbook; containing official records of the seventh Olympiad, winners in previous Olympiads, the 1924 Olympic games, official Olympic athletic rules and the official world's records and noteworthy performances". New York, American sports publishing co. 1921.
"Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day". 1921.
"Beurs voor Diamanthandel". erfgoed.net. Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.

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1921 in Europe
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