1929 in Belgium

1929
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1929
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1929 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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MonarchAlbert I
Prime MinisterHenri Jaspar

Events

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  • 5 January – Schelde dike breached; flooding around Dendermonde.[1]: 825 
  • February – Pierre Charles becomes European heavyweight champion.[1]: 825 
  • 17 April – Rail disaster when Paris to Brussels Express runs into a goods train near Halle in thick mist.[1]: 825 
  • 26 May – Legislative elections; Lucie Dujardin, on the Belgian Labour Party ticket in Liège, the first woman elected to parliament.[1]: 826 
  • 9 June – Provincial elections
  • 31 August – Contract signed to return Belgian concession of Tianjin to direct Chinese rule (coming into effect March 1931).

Publications

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Art and architecture

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Victor Horta, Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels
Buildings
Paintings

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
  2. ^ Le pays d'Israel : Un marxiste en Palestine / Par Emile Vandervelde. Suivi de les Oevres d'assistance en Palestine juive par Jeanne-Emile Vandervelde. 1929.
  3. ^ Michel Gretry (2 March 2017). "Edouard Close, ancien bourgmestre de Liège, est décédé". RTBF. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Jan Vansina (1929–2017)". University of Wisconsin–Madison. Archived from the original on 2017-05-14. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Ex-Anderlecht-aanvaller Marcel De Corte (87) overleden" (in Dutch). Sporza. 27 February 2017. Retrieved 15 June 2017.[permanent dead link]