page_title: 1897 in Belgium
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1897 in Belgium / Events
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Exposition internationale, Bruxelles, 1897
context_page_description: Events in the year 1897 in Belgium.
context_section_description: 10 May – Brussels International Exposition opens
  28 July – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom gives notification of his country's intention to withdraw from the Anglo-Belgian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation (1862), to come into effect one year later.
  16 August – Belgian Antarctic Expedition sets sail from Antwerp
  8 November – Brussels International Exposition closes
  16 December – Charles-Gustave Walravens appointed bishop of Tournai
caption: Poster advertising the Brussels International Exposition
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