1956 in Luxembourg

← 1955 1954 1953 1956 in Luxembourg → 1957 1958 1959
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1956 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Charlotte [1]
Prime Minister	Joseph Bech
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State	Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Émile Hamilius

Events

April – June

• 9 May – Princess Elisabeth marries Franz, Duke of Hohenberg. ^[2]
• 24 May – Representing Luxembourg, Michèle Arnaud appears in the Eurovision Song Contest 1958 with the song Ne crois pas . No rankings are stated except the winner: Lys Assia of Switzerland.
• 10 June – Charly Gaul wins the 1956 Giro d'Italia.

July – September

• 27 July - The Constitution of Luxembourg is amended to make the terms of all members of the Chamber of Deputies expire on the first Sunday of June 1959. As a result, all members would be elected at the same time, rather than in partial elections.

October – December

• 29 September - Entry into service of the electrified railway lines between Luxembourg City and Thionville, and Luxembourg City and Arlon. ^[3]
• 25 October - The Constitution of Luxembourg is amended in two places to allow for the delegation of constitutional powers to international organisations, in preparation for the creation of the European Economic Community.
• 27 October - The Saar Treaty is signed in Luxembourg, allowing for the transfer of the Saarland to West Germany.

Births

• 22 March – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• 11 May - Claude Lenners, composer
• 13 August – Gast Waltzing, musician
• 5 September – Marianne Majerus, photographer
• 13 September – Lucien Lux, politician
• 16 October – François Bausch, politician
• 17 November – Gaston Reinig, soldier and Chief of Defence

Deaths

• 13 March – Albert Simon, illustrator
• 21 October – Joseph Laurent Philippe, bishop

Footnotes

1. "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
2. Steinberg, S. (26 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations. Springer. p. 1223. ISBN   978-0-230-27093-0.
3. Thewes (2006), p. 147

References

• Thewes, Guy (2006). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN   978-2-87999-156-6 . Retrieved 12 December 2009.