1908 in Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1908 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 9 January – Frans Schollaert formally takes office as prime minister, after the sudden death of Jules de Trooz at the end of the previous year.
- 19 April – Confédération syndicale belge organization is founded.
- 24 May – Partial legislative elections
- 25 May – Parliament ratifies the 1907 copyright convention with Germany.
- 14 June – Provincial elections
- 10 July – Paul Van Asbroeck wins a gold medal at the 1908 Olympic Games
- 30 September – Premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's The Blue Bird at the Moscow Art Theatre
- 18 October – Belgian Parliament passes the Colonial Charter on the Belgian annexation of the Congo Free State.
- 30 October – Cabinet reshuffle with Jules Renkin becoming first Minister for Colonies
- 15 November – Congo Free State becomes Belgian Congo
Publications
- Émile de Borchgrave, Souvenirs diplomatiques de quarante ans
- Fernand Crommelynck, Le sculpteur de masques
- Stijn Streuvels, Tieghem: Het Vlaamsche lustoord
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 8.
- Emile Verhaeren, James Ensor
Art and architecture
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Births
- 2 January – André Verbeke, architect
- 23 January – Stanislas-André Steeman, writer
- 14 March – Joseph André, priest
- 14 May – Jules Lismonde, artist
- 20 September – Simon Dewinter, boxer
- 4 October – Celeste van Exem, missionary
- 16 November – Emmanuelle Cinquin, religious sister
- 24 November – Hubert Ansiaux, banker
- 28 November – Claude Lévi-Strauss, anthropologist
Deaths
- 4 February – Albert Lancaster, meteorologist
- 6 February – Jan Portielje, painter
- 22 February – Édouard van den Corput, physician
- 10 May – Eugène Lafont, missionary
- 5 June – Jef Lambeaux, sculptor
- 21 June – Luís Cruls, astronomer
- 19 June – Louis van Waefelghem, viola d'amore player
- 4 August – Piet Verhaert, painter
- 24 December – François-Auguste Gevaert, musicologist