1929 in Belgium

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1929
in
Belgium

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

Events in the year 1929 in Belgium.

Incumbents

MonarchAlbert I
Prime MinisterHenri Jaspar

Events

  • 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

Art and architecture

Victor Horta, Palace of Fine Arts, Brussels
Buildings
Paintings

Births

Deaths

References

  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]