Events from the year 1947 in Belgium

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold III, with Prince Charles as regent

Prime Minister: Camille Huysmans (to 20 March) Paul-Henri Spaak (from 20 March)

Events

13 March – Camille Huysmans proffers his resignation as prime minister.

1947 in Belgium

Publications

Marnix Gijsen (ed.), Belgium under Occupation (New York, Moretus Press for the Belgian Government Information Center) Robert E. Merriam, Dark December: The Full Account of the Battle of the Bulge (Chicago, Ziff-Davis) Georges Simenon, Maigret se fâche

1947 in Belgium

Births

1 April – Philippe Kirsch, Belgian-born Canadian lawyer and judge

19 April – Claude Laverdure, writer (died 2020)

1947 in Belgium

Deaths

9 February — Anna Kernkamp (born 1868), artist

8 September – Victor Horta (born 1861), architect

References

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Years of the 20th century in Belgium

1940s in Belgium

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