1928 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1928 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 13 May – The 1928 Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race is won by Belgian rider Ernest Mottard.[2]
- June – The Belgian Open golf tournament is played at the Royal Golf Club of Belgium and is won by Albert Tingey Jr.[3]
Art and architecture
- Buildings
- Alphonse Pauwels' art deco Cinema Roma opens in Borgerhout
Births
- 11 June – Queen Fabiola of Belgium, in Spain (died 2014)[4]
- 10 July – Herman Van der Wee, economic historian
- 26 September – Bob Van der Veken, actor (died 2019)
Deaths
- 17 January – Karl Hanquet, historian, 57
- 18 March – Paul van Ostaijen, poet, 32
- 4 July – Alfred Loewenstein, financier, 51[5]
References
- ^ J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
- ^ "18ème Liège-Bastogne-Liège 1928". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 7 July 2004.
- ^ "Belgian championship". The Times. 19 June 1928. p. 7.
- ^ "Belgium: Queen Fabiola in serious condition with pneumonia". Ynetnews. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
- ^ Généalogie de quentinhayois
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