1945 in Belgium

1945
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:Other events of 1945
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1945 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Events

January
February
  • 4 February – Liberation of Belgium complete.
  • 7 February – Hubert Pierlot's government resigns.[2]:861
  • 12 February – Achille Van Acker heads government of national unity.
March
April
May
June
  • 9 June – Committees for collective bargaining established.[2]:861
  • 14 June – King communicates to the Prime Minister that his health now allows him to return to Belgium.[2]:861
  • 15 June – Yser Tower dynamited.[2]:861
  • 16 June – Prime Minister proffers his resignation over the issue of the Royal Question.[2]:861
July
  • 15 July – Government resumes its activities after the Prince Regent declined to accept the Prime Minister's resignation.[2]:861
  • 30 July – National Labour Congress demands 20 per cent pay increases, 8 paid days off each year, and family assistance.[2]:861
August
September
  • 19 September
  • 30 September – Leopold III publicly declares that he will accept whatever the decision of the people will be on his return.[2]:861
October
  • 21 October – Walloon Congress calls for regional autonomy in the Belgian state.[2]:864
November
December
  • 27 December – Belgian membership of United Nations ratified.[2]:865
  • 28 December – Belgavox begins producing cinema newsreels.[2]:865

Publications

  • Charles Verlinden, Les Empereurs Belges de Constantinople (Brussels, Charles Dessart)

Art and architecture

July
  • 3 July – Art association Jeune peinture belge established in Brussels, with Willy Anthoons, René Barbaix, Gaston Bertrand, Anne Bonnet, Jan Cox, Jack Godderis, Emile Mahy, Marc Mendelson, Charles Pry, Mig Quinet, Rik Slabbinck and Louis Van Lint among the founding members.[2]:863

Births

Deaths

References

  1. "Leopold III, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
  3. Michaëla Ngindu (Feb 2019). "Le difficile parcours vers la liberté des Belges enfermés dans les camps japonais". La Libre Belgique (in French).
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