1921 in Belgium

← 1920 1919 1918 1921 in Belgium → 1922 1923 1924
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1921 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1921 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I

Prime Minister – Henry Carton de Wiart (to 16 December); Georges Theunis (from 16 December)

Events

Electoral poster for the Belgian Women's Party

• 24 April – Municipal elections
• April – Third Solvay Conference held in Brussels
• June – Crown Prince Hirohito's official visit to Belgium.[1][2]
• 18 September – 10th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Brussels
• 20 November – Legislative elections (first with limited female suffrage)
• 27 November – Provincial elections

Publications

• Olympic Games Handbook: Containing official records of the seventh Olympiad (New York, American Sports Publishing co.)[3]
• Émile Cammaerts, Belgium from the Roman Invasion to the Present Day (London, T. Fisher Unwin)[4]

Art and architecture

Antwerp Diamond Exchange (completed 1921)

Buildings

• Antwerp Diamond Exchange completed.[5]

Births

• 21 March – Arthur Grumiaux, violinist (died 1986)
• 13 April – Joseph Moureau, fighter pilot (died 2020)
• 7 September – René Derolez, philologist (died 2005)

Deaths

• 12 November – Fernand Khnopff (born 1858), painter

References

1. David De Cooman, "Crown Prince Hirohito's Visit to Belgium", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 131–145.
2. La Libre Belgique, 21 June 1921.
3. https://archive.org/details/olympicgameshand00newy
4. https://archive.org/details/belgiumfromroman00cammiala
5. "Beurs voor Diamanthandel". erfgoed.net. Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.