The following lists events that happened during 1904 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer
Events Institut de Droit International awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
April 17 April – Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy replaces Maurice Joostens as Belgian ambassador to China
May 1 May – Belgium national football team plays its first international, against France 21 May – Belgium national football association a founder member of FIFA 29 May – 1904 Belgian general election
June 5 June – Provincial elections
October 29 October – Extradition treaty with Cuba concluded.
Art and architecture
Buildings Hôtel Hannon, an Art Nouveau villa in Saint-Gilles, designed by Jules Brunfaut for Édouard Hannon
Paintings Alfred Verhaeren, Interior of a Sacristy
Publications
Periodicals Annuaire de l'Institut de droit international begins publication Bulletin des Sociétés Chimiques Belges begins publication Het Missiewerk begins publication
Reports and studies Casement Report E. D. Morel, King Leopold's Rule in Africa
Scholarship Jean Capart, Les débuts de l'art en Égypte (Brussels, Vromany)In Ancient World Digital Library G. Des Marez, L'organisation du travail a Bruxelles au XVe siècle (Brussels) Maurice De Wulf, Introduction à la philosophie néoscolastique.English translation 1910 Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, vol. 4.
Guides First Michelin Guide for Belgium published Touring Club Belgium publishes road map of BelgiumOnline at https://uurl.kbr.be/1404177
Literary writing Henry Carton de Wiart, La cité ardente Émile Verhaeren, Les tendresses premières, illustrated by Théo van Rysselberghe (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
Births Louis Pevernagie, painter (died 1970) 6 January – Aimée Bologne-Lemaire, activist (died 1998) 25 January – Albert De Roocker, Olympic fencer 9 February – Karel Bossart, engineer (died 1975) 10 February – Henri Hébrans, boxer 13 February – Lucien Debleyser, boxer 21 February – Armand Preud'homme, composer (died 1986) 2 March – Jan Mertens, cyclist (died 1964) 30 March Marguerite Acarin, dance artist (died 1999) Edgar P. Jacobs, comic book creator (died 1987) 8 April – Piet Vermeylen, politician (died 1991) 15 April – René Lagrou, Nazi collaborator (died 1969) 9 May – Pol Demeuter, motorcycle racer (died 1934) 12 May – Adolphe Groscol, Olympic athlete (died 1985) 17 May – Fernand Dineur, cartoonist (died 1956) 30 June – Edith Kiel, film maker (died 1993) 8 July – Roger Motz, politician (died 1964) 10 July – Jules Herremans, Olympic athlete (died 1974) 16 July – Leo Joseph Suenens, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussel (died 1996) 27 July – Omer Taverne, cyclist (died 1981) 17 August – Raymond Jeener, biologist (died 1995) 18 September – Paul Van den Broeck, sportsman 6 October – Victor Larock, politician (died 1977) 23 October – Maximilien de Furstenberg, prelate (died 1988) 19 November – Louise Janson-Scheidt, writer (died 1997) 12 December – Jacques Van Melkebeke, artist and writer (died 1983)
Deaths Robert Vinçotte (born 1844), engineer 15 January – Eduard Lassen (born 1830), composer 23 January – Gédéon Bordiau (born 1832), architect 26 March – Ferdinand Pauwels (born 1830), painter 21 April – Piatus of Mons (born 1815), theologian 10 May – Henry Morton Stanley (born 1841), explorer of Congo 9 June – Hendrik Frans Schaefels (born 1827), painter 12 June – Camille of Renesse-Breidbach (born 1836), entrepreneur 15 August – Frans de Potter (born 1834), writer 19 November – August Snieders (born 1825), journalist 13 December – Henri Van Cutsem (born 1839), patron of the arts 24 December – Julien Dillens (born 1849), sculptor
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