1916 in Belgium

Decades:	1890s; 1900s; 1910s; 1920s; 1930s;
See also:	Other events of 1916; List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1916 in Belgium.

Incumbents

2–14 June – Battle of Mont Sorrel^[3]
19 September – Belgian forces occupy Tabora in German East Africa (East African campaign)
19 October – Cardinal Mercier protests the deportation of forced labourers to Germany.^[4]

Désiré-Joseph Mercier, A Signal of Distress from the Belgian Bishops to Public Opinion (London, Eyre and Spottiswood)^[5]
Felix Timmermans, Pallieter

21 January – Renaat Van Elslande, politician (died 2000)
9 February – Gaston Van Roy, Olympic shooter (died 1989)
7 March – Marie-Thérèse Bourquin, lawyer (died 2018)
1 June – Jean Jérôme Hamer, cardinal (died 1996)
16 April – Richard De Smet, Jesuit (died 1997)
27 August – Robert Van Eenaeme, cyclist (died 1959)
7 September – Charles Vanden Wouwer, footballer (died 1989)
7 October – Léonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop of Ghent (died 2004)
10 October – Bernard Heuvelmans, cryptozoologist (died 2001)
18 October – Jacques Van Offelen, politician (died 2006)
28 November – Mary Lilian Baels, second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium (died 2002)
30 November – Andrée de Jongh, patriot (died 2007)
30 December – Robert-Joseph Mathen, bishop (died 1997)