Events in the year 1938 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch – Leopold III Prime Minister – Paul-Émile Janson (to 15 May); Paul-Henri Spaak (from 15 May)
Events 12 March – Henri de Man resigns as finance minister after his fiscal proposals are rejected. 13 May – Paul-Émile Janson's governing coalition falls apart. 15 May – Paul-Henri Spaak forms a government of national unity. 9 October – Municipal elections 11 September – 26th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Liège.
Publications Willem Elsschot, Het Been Marius Valkhoff, Philologie et littérature wallonnes (Gronginen and Batavia, J. B. Wolters)
Art and architecture
Buildings Art Deco Flagey Building in Brussels completed.
Paintings René Magritte, La Durée poignardée
Births 3 April – Gérard Sulon, footballer (died 2020)
Deaths 14 July – Charles Liebrechts (born 1858), explorer 27 December – Emile Vandervelde (born 1866), politician
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