1925 in Belgium
# 1925 in Belgium

Events in the year 1925 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

    Monarch – Albert I
    Prime Minister – Georges Theunis (to 13 May); Aloys Van de Vyvere (13 May to 17 June); Prosper Poullet (from 17 June)

## 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
   * Legislative elections: 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
* 13 October – Gaston-Antoine Rasneur, bishop of Tournai, consecrates the new abbey church of Chimay Abbey.
* 8 November – Provincial elections
* 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

### Buildings

* Major Seminary of Ghent relocates to new buildings (now part of Vlerick Business School)

## Births

* 7 January – Louis Carré, footballer (died 2002)
* 26 January — Jean-Marie Ghuysen, chemist (died 2004)
* 31 January – Micheline Lannoy, Olympic figure skater
* 25 February – Gilbert Temmerman, politician (died 2012)
* 8 March – Antoine, 13th Prince of Ligne, aristocrat (died 2005)
* 21 March – Pierre Celis, brewer (died 2011)
* 7 April – Jos De Beukelaere, cyclist (died 1969)
* 9 April – Paula Sémer, broadcaster (died 2021)
* 11 April – Rik Kuypers, film maker (died 2019)
* 8 May
   * Dino Attanasio, comics artist
   * André-Paul Duchâteau, writer (died 2020)
* 16 May – Bobbejaan Schoepen, entertainer (died 2010)
* 25 July – Yolande Uyttenhove, pianist (died 2000)
* 4 September – Leo Apostel, philosopher (died 1995)
* 5 September
   * Robert Schoonjans, runner (died 2011)
   * Jos Vandeloo, writer (died 2015)
* 16 September – José Desmarets, politician (died 2019)
* 25 September – Janine de Greef, Resister (died 2020)
* 6 October – Jean Mathonet, footballer (died 2004)
* 16 October – Karel Dillen, politician (died 2007)
* 25 October – Joseph Michel, politician (died 2016)
* 3 December – Paula Marckx, pilot (died 2020)
* 20 December – Bob de Moor, comics artist (died 1992)

## Deaths

* 17 January – Hendrik Geeraert (born 1863), sluice-keeper
* 23 February – Joris Helleputte (born 1852), architect and politician
* 1 March – Philogène Wytsman (born 1866), biologist
* 8 March – Juliette Wytsman (born 1866), painter
* 25 March – Thomas Vinçotte (born 1850), sculptor
* 9 July – Flavie Van den Hende (born 1865), cellist
* 16 August – Jean Massart (born 1865), botanist
* 9 September – Eugène Goblet d'Alviella (born 1846), politician
