1909 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Leopold II, Albert I
• Prime Minister: Frans Schollaert

Events

• disbanding of the Athletic and Running Club de Bruxelles
• disbanding of the Olympia Club de Bruxelles
• December 23 – Albert I sworn in as King, following the death of his uncle King Leopold II, on December 17

Publications

• Hippolyte Fierens-Gevaert, Les Primitifs Flamands, volume 1
• Godefroid Kurth, La Cité de Liège au Moyen̂-Age, vol. 1
• C. Liebrechts, Congo: Léopoldville, Bolobo, Équateur, 1883-1889
• Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 9.

Art and architecture

• Henri Van Dievoet, Hotel Astoria, Brussels

Births

• 19 March – Jean Brachet, chemist
• 30 August – Edgard Darimont, poster artist

Deaths

• 4 February – Léon Roget, colonial officer
• 2 September – Louis Delacenserie, architect
• 3 September – Jean Stecher, literary historian
• 11 December – Jenny Minne-Dansaert, lacemaker
• 17 December – King Leopold II