1907 in Belgium
overview of Belgium-related events during the year of 1907
The following lists events that happened during 1907 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Monarch: Leopold II
Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer (to 2 May); Jules de Trooz (2 May–31 December); Frans Schollaert (from 31 December)
Events
Royal Belgian Hockey Association founded.
24 March – Football season 1906-1907 ends with Royale Union Saint-Gilloise at the top of the Belgian First Division.
14 April – Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Antwerp.
21 April – Belgium national football team plays France national football team in Brussels.
9 May – Belgium national football team plays Netherlands national football team in Haarlem.
16 May-14 June – Ostend 1907 chess tournament.
8 July – Scheldeprijs cycling race first organised by the Antwerp branch of the Belgian cycling federation
23 July – Port of Zeebrugge formally opened.
16 October – Copyright convention with Germany agreed in Brussels; ratified May 1908.
18 October – Belgium a signatory to the Hague Convention of 1907
26 October – Ratification of the German-Belgian railway convention of 1903.
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