1916 in Belgium
# 1916 in Belgium

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Albert I
* Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville

## Events

* 2–14 June – Battle of Mont Sorrel
* 19 September – Belgian forces occupy Tabora in German East Africa (East African campaign)
* 19 October – Cardinal Mercier protests the deportation of forced labourers to Germany.

## Publications

* Désiré-Joseph Mercier, A Signal of Distress from the Belgian Bishops to Public Opinion (London, Eyre and Spottiswood)
* Felix Timmermans, Pallieter

## Births

* 21 January – Renaat Van Elslande, politician (died 2000)
* 9 February – Gaston Van Roy, Olympic shooter (died 1989)
* 7 March – Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, lawyer (died 2018)
* 1 June – Jean Jérôme Hamer, cardinal (died 1996)
* 16 April – Richard De Smet, Jesuit (died 1997)
* 27 August – Robert Van Eenaeme, cyclist (died 1959)
* 7 September – Charles Vanden Wouwer, footballer (died 1989)
* 7 October – Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop of Ghent (died 2004)
* 10 October – Bernard Heuvelmans, cryptozoologist (died 2001)
* 18 October – Jacques Van Offelen, politician (died 2006)
* 28 November – Mary Lilian Baels, second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium (died 2002)
* 30 November – Andrée de Jongh, patriot (died 2007)
* 30 December – Robert-Joseph Mathen, bishop (died 1997)

## Deaths

* 4 January – Godefroid Kurth (born 1847), historian
* 12 March – Julien Davignon (born 1854), Catholic politician
* 1 April – Gabrielle Petit (born 1893), patriot
* 16 May – Émile Royer (born 1866), politician
* 1 June – François Stroobant (born 1819), lithographer
* 11 July – Rik Wouters (born 1882), painter
* 5 November – Antoon Stillemans (born 1832), bishop of Ghent
* 27 November – Émile Verhaeren (born 1855), poet
