1941 in Belgium

Events in the year 1941 in Belgium

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See also:

Other events of 1941
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold III (prisoner)[1]
Prime Minister: Hubert Pierlot (in exile)
Head of the occupying Military Administration in Belgium and Northern France: Alexander von Falkenhausen
Head of the administrative staff of the Occupation: Eggert Reeder

Events

1 January – Léon Degrelle calls on Belgians to collaborate with Nazi Germany.[2]^: 850
14 January – Radio Belgique launches V for Victory campaign.[2]^: 850
21 January – Belgian government in exile reaches an agreement with the United Kingdom that Belgian Congo will become part of the Sterling area and enter the war on the allied side.[2]^: 850
3 March – Dedicated Dutch-language Radio België begins broadcasting from London.[2]^: 850
25 March – Twenty leading figures from the vicinity of Liège taken hostage in retaliation to sabotage of the railway, including former government minister of public works, Jules Joseph Merlot.[2]^: 852
5 May – Flemish collaborationist organisations Vlaams Nationaal Verbond and Verdinaso, and the Flemish section of the Rexist Party, sign an agreement to merge.[2]^: 851
16 May – Anniversary of the German invasion marked by strikes.[2]^: 851
22 June – 337 left-wing activists arrested to prevent.[2]^: 851
25 November – Université Libre de Bruxelles closes to protest plans to appoint pro-German professors.[2]^: 852
6 December – King Leopold marries Lilian Baels in captivity.[2]^: 850

Births

3 February – Antoine Duquesne, politician (died 2010)
25 February – Nelly Maes, politician
16 May – Andreas De Leenheer, biologist (died 2022)
21 March – Dirk Frimout, astronaut
28 March – Walter van den Broeck, writer
31 May – Nicole Van Goethem, illustrator (died 2000)
6 July – Alfons Vansteenwegen, communication theorist
2 August – Jean Cornelis, footballer (died 2016)
5 August – August Verhaegen, cyclist (died 2012)
8 August – Hubert Schoonbroodt, musician (died 1992)
20 September – Alix de Lannoy, noblewoman (died 2012)
23 September – Rita Van De Velde, gymnast
28 September – Lucas Van Looy, bishop
30 September – Els Witte, historian
2 October – Jean Vallée, entertainer (died 2014)
20 October – Leopold Lippens, politician (died 2021)
24 October – Frank Aendenboom, entertainer (died 2018)
26 October – Bob de Groot, cartoonist
17 November – Thierry de Gruben, diplomat
26 November – Constant Bens, wrestler
23 December – Serge Reding, weightlifter (died 1975)

Deaths

18 February – George Minne (born 1866), poet
9 March – Paul Hymans (born 1865), politician
28 August – Sybille de Selys Longchamps, noblewoman
16 September – Valerius De Saedeleer (born 1867), painter
25 October – Renée de Merode (born 1859), noblewoman

References

"Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).

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