1983 in Belgium

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Last updated November 10, 2023

Events in the year 1983 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Events

1 January – In the Flemish municipality of Voeren (Belgium), the controversial French-speaking José Happart is installed as mayor. However, Mayor Happart refuses to learn Dutch, which is contrary to the Belgian Constitution.
1 April – Master scammer William Vandergucht withdraws 76 million Belgian francs from an ASLK bank branch in Ghent with a bad check and disappears without a trace.
17 May –The first scratchcard is introduced in Belgium: Presto from the National Lottery.
23 October – A very large peace demonstration is taking place in Brussels (from Brussels South towards Brussels North) against the installation of NATO cruise missiles on Belgian territory with around 400,000 demonstrators according to the organizers (120,000 according to the police).

Publications

Hugo Claus, Het verdriet van België
Francis Delpérée, Chroniques de crise, 1977-1982 (Brussels, C.R.I.S.P.)
Ernest Vandevyvere, De watervoorziening te Brugge van de 13e tot de 20e eeuw (Bruges)
I. Verbeeck, Functionele analyse van de sleepdiensten in de haven van Antwerpen (Antwerp)

Art and architecture

Cinematic releases

Brussels by Night , directed by Marc Didden

Births

25 January – Astrid Coppens, performer
31 January – Tom Vangeneugden, Olympic swimmer
26 February – Andrei Lugovski, Belarusian-born tenor
12 March – Sigrid Persoon, gymnast
11 May – Frédéric Xhonneux, athlete
2 June – Jo Deman, scouting executive
16 September – Katerine Avgoustakis, singer
6 October – Nina van Koeckhoven, athlete
25 October – Nawell Madani, media figure

Deaths

15 March – Albert-Émile de Beauffort (born 1899), colonial administrator
11 July – Paul Harsin (born 1902), historian
25 September – Leopold III (born 1901)

Related Research Articles

Leopold III was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but after the German invasion in May 1940, he surrendered his country, earning him much hostility, both at home and abroad.

Baudouin was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo.

The King Baudouin Stadium is a sports ground in Brussels, Belgium. Located in the north-western district of the City of Brussels, it was built to embellish the Heysel/Heizel Plateau in view of the 1935 Brussels International Exposition. It was inaugurated on 23 August 1930, with Crown Prince Leopold attending the opening ceremony. The stadium hosted 70,000 at the time. Its name honours King Baudouin, Leopold's successor as King of the Belgians from 1951 to his death in 1993.

The Heysel Plateau or Heysel Park, usually shortened to Heysel or Heizel, is a neighbourhood, park and exhibition space in Laeken, northern Brussels, Belgium, where the Brussels International Exposition of 1935 and the 1958 Brussels World's Fair took place.

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References

↑ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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[1] "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.

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