1927 in Belgium

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Incumbents

Monarch – Albert I

Prime Minister – Henri Jaspar^[1]

22 January – Funeral of Charlotte of Belgium (former Empress of Mexico) in Laken (Brussels).^[2]
10 February – League against Imperialism founded at a Congress of Oppressed Peoples in the Egmont Palace, Brussels
1 March – Committee for Public Works established.^[3]^: 820
15 September – Belgium loses its seat on the permanent council of the League of Nations.^[3]^: 820
October – Fifth International Solvay Conference
21 November – Government falls after Socialists question policy on military service.^[3]^: 820

26 January – Victor Mees, footballer (died 2012)
30 January – Jef Nys, comics writer (died 2009)
28 February – Joseph Noiret, artist (died 2012)
9 March — Will Ferdy, singer (died 2022)
1 May – Roland Verhavert, film-maker (died 2014)
7 May – Luc de Heusch, anthropologist (died 2012)
7 July – Henri Dirickx, international footballer (died 2018)
8 July – Willy De Clercq, politician (died 2011)
1 August – André Cools, politician (died 1991)
11 September – Luc Versteylen, Jesuit (died 2021)
11 October – Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, grand duchess of Luxembourg (died 2005)

19 January – Charlotte of Belgium (born 1840)
6 March – Joseph Bascourt (born 1863), architect
4 April
- Albert Van Coile (born 1900), footballer
- Auguste Goffinet (born 1857), courtier
17 May – Emilius Seghers (born 1855), bishop of Ghent
28 May – Théophile Lybaert (born 1848), artist
29 May – Georges Eekhoud (born 1854), novelist
11 July – Fernand Feyaerts (born 1880), Olympic swimmer
30 August – Émile Braun (born 1849), engineer
28 October – Oscar Van Den Bossche (born 1893), rower
2 November – Rodolphe Wytsman (died 1860), painter

^ J.E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy, 1976
^ "Belgium: Empress' Funeral". Time. 31 January 1927.
^ ^a ^b ^c Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).

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