1917 in Belgium

• Monarch: Albert I • Prime Minister: Charles de Broqueville ==Events==

• 1 May – Emilius Seghers consecrated as bishop of Ghent • 7–14 June – Battle of Messines (1917) • 31 July – 10 November – Battle of Passchendaele (also called Third Battle of Ypres) • 31 July – 2 August – Battle of Pilckem Ridge • 16–18 August – Battle of Langemarck (1917) • 20–26 September – Battle of the Menin Road Ridge • 26 September – 3 October – Battle of Polygon Wood • 4 October – Battle of Broodseinde • 9 October – Battle of Poelcappelle • 12 October – First Battle of Passchendaele • 26 October – 10 November – Second Battle of Passchendaele ==Publications==

• Émile Cammaerts, Through the Iron Bars (Two Years of German Occupation in Belgium), with illustrations by Louis Raemaekers (London and New York, John Lane). • Hugh Gibson, A Diplomatic Diary (London, New York and Toronto, Hodder and Stoughton, 1917). • Arnold J. Toynbee, The Belgian Deportations (London, T. Fisher Unwin) • Leon van der Essen, The Invasion & the War in Belgium from Liège to the Yser, with a sketch of the diplomatic negotiations preceding the conflict (London, T.F. Unwin). ==Births==

• 30 January – Jan Verroken, politician (died 2020) • 6 March – Adelin Hartveld, lawyer and resister (died 1942) • 1 April – Michel Donnet, military pilot (died 2013) • 16 May – Raymond Laurent, herpetologist (died 2005) • 21 May – Jules-François Crahay, fashion designer (died 1988) • 15 June – Jean Alexandre, cyclist • 28 June – Albert de Cleyn, footballer (died 1990) • 25 July – Charles Brahm, Olympic canoeist (died 2003) • 7 August – Catherine Stevens, athlete • 23 August – André Waterkeyn, engineer (died 2005) • 2 October – Christian de Duve, biochemist (died 2013) • 22 October – Eugene Deckers, actor (died 1977) ==Deaths==

• 5 January – Félix Wielemans (born 1863), Army Chief of Staff • 30 January – Mutien-Marie Wiaux (born 1841), saint • 2 March – Jules Van Dievoet (born 1844), lawyer • 6 March – Jules Vandenpeereboom (born 1843), politician • 25–26 March – Van Raemdonck Brothers, soldiers • 13 May – Jules Schmalzigaug (born 1882/3), painter • 28 May – Raoul Warocqué (born 1870), industrialist • 7 June – Willie Redmond (born 1861), Irish nationalist • 29 June – Frans Schollaert (born 1851), politician • 4 July – Frank Shanley (born 1889), English footballer • 12 July – Donald Cunnell (born 1893), British flying ace • 31 July – Hedd Wyn (born 1887), poet • 10 August – James Brannick (born 1889), footballer • 11 August – Harold Ackroyd (born 1877), physician • 16 August – Willie Doyle (born 1873), Irish Jesuit • 21 August – Nellie Spindler (born 1891), nurse • 5 September – Arthur Verhaegen (born 1847), architect and politician • 19 September – Émile de Borchgrave (born 1837), historian and diplomat • 21 September – Frederick Birks (born 1894), Australian soldier • 28 September • Patrick Bugden (born 1897), Australian soldier • Kurt Wissemann (born 1893), German flying ace • 9 November – Paul Wittouck (born 1851), industrialist ==References==