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1944 in Belgium

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1944
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1944
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1944 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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Events

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January
  • 14 January – Occupying German authorities order evacuation of civilians from the Belgian coast.[2]: 857 
  • 16 January – Groupe G resistance organisation dynamites pylons to sabotage electricity supply.[2]: 857 
February
  • 5 February – Occupying authorities streamline procedure for death sentences on charges of "terrorism".[2]: 857 
April
  • 11 April – Heavy allied bombing of industrial targets and transport infrastructure in Belgian cities.[2]: 858 
  • 19 April – Mechelen and Leuven bombed.[2]: 858 
May
  • 21 May – Cardinal Van Roey appeals to Allies to cease bombing civilian targets in Belgium.[2]: 857 
June
  • 7 June – Leopold III, under house arrest since 1940, deported to Germany together with his wife and children.[2]: 858 
July
August
  • 18 August
  • 31 August – Many Belgian collaborators flee to Germany.[2]: 857 
September
  • 2 September – Allied ground forces enter Belgium.
  • 4 September – Liberation of Brussels and Antwerp; Independent Belgian Brigade (Brigade Piron) enters Brussels.[2]: 858-9 
  • 5 September – Customs Convention between Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed.[5]
  • 7 September – Liberation of Liège.[2]: 857 
  • 8 September – Battle of Geel begins (to 23 September)
  • 15 September – Cinemas reopened in liberated parts of Belgium.[2]: 857 
  • 21 September – Prince Charles, Count of Flanders appointed Prince Regent in the king's absence.[2]: 860 
  • 27 September – Government in exile becomes government of national unity.[2]: 857 
October
November
  • 1 November – Operation Infatuate launched
  • 3 November – Last German forces in Belgium surrender at Knokke.[2]: 860 
  • 8 November – Belgian Parliament lifts parliamentary privilege of members of collaborationist organisations.[2]: 857 
  • 18 November – Resistance groups disarmed.[2]: 857 
  • 25 November – Resistance groups demonstrate in Parliament to demand official recognition.[2]: 860 
  • 28 November – Allied shipping starts to use the Port of Antwerp.[2]: 857 
December

Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Leopold III | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
  3. ^ Valentin Parmentier (18 August 2024). "Le 18 août 1944, Namur sombrait sous les bombardements… américains". La Libre Belgique.
  4. ^ "Namur marks 75th anniversary of bombing by Americans". The Brussels Times. 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 978.