1903 in Belgium

← 1902 1901 1900 1903 in Belgium → 1904 1905 1906
Decades:	1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s
See also:	Other events of 1903 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1903 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Leopold II^[1]
• Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer^[2]

Events

• 30 July-6 August – 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in Brussels.^[3]
• 15 August – German-Belgian railway convention signed.^[4]

Publications

• Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 17.
• Henri Pirenne, Histoire de Belgique, vol. 2^[5]
• Max Rooses, Rubens' leven en werken
• Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 3.^[6]
• Emile Vandervelde, L'Exode rural et le retour aux champs

Art and architecture

Théo van Rysselberghe, The Reading (1903)

• Théo van Rysselberghe, The Reading

Births

• 8 June – Marguerite Yourcenar, French novelist (died 1987)
• 19 August - Gérard Devos, footballer^[7] (died 1972)

Deaths

• 19 June – Fernande de Cartier de Marchienne (born 1872)
• 21 July – Henri Alexis Brialmont (born 1821), military architect

References

1. "Leopold II - king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
2. "Gouvernements de la Belgique unitaire (1830-1993)". www.histoire-des-belges.be (in French). Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. "Glossary of Events: R.S.D.L.P. Congresses". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
4. Marie-Thérèse Bitsch, La Belgique entre la France et l'Allemagne, 1905-1914 (Paris, 1994), p. 341.
5. "Histoire de Belgique". 1902.
6. "Digital Viewer by KBR".
7. "Gerard DE VOS - Olympic Football". International Olympic Committee. 14 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.