1913 in Belgium
# 1913 in Belgium

Events in the year 1913 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

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

## Events

### April

* 14 April – Socialists call general strike demanding electoral reform.
* 22 April – General strike ends
* 26 April – King Albert formally opens Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) held in Ghent.

### November

* 3 November – Exposition universelle et internationale (world's fair) in Ghent ends.

### December

* 10 December – Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Henri La Fontaine, head of the International Peace Bureau.

## Publications

* Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 21.
* G. A. Boulenger, The Snakes of Europe (London, Methuen).

## Births

* 17 January – Werenfried van Straaten, priest (died 2003)
* 21 August – François Devries, footballer (died 1972)
* 15 November – Arthur Haulot, journalist (died 2005)
* 3 December – Omer Vanaudenhove, politician (died 1994)

## Deaths

* 29 January – Joseph Van den Gheyn (born 1854), librarian
* 13 June – Camille Lemonnier (born 1844), writer
* 13 August – Hildebrand de Hemptinne (born 1849), abbot
* 9 September – Paul de Smet de Naeyer (born 1843), former prime minister
