1985 in Belgium

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See also:Other events of 1985
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1985 in Belgium.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Baudouin[1]
  • Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events[]

  • 15 January – Communist Combatant Cells (CCC) bomb the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, killing two firemen and wounding others.[2]
  • 3 February – Roger Vangheluwe consecrated as bishop of Bruges by Cardinal Godfried Danneels
  • 16 to 21 May – Pope John Paul II visits Belgium
  • 29 May – Heysel Stadium disaster
  • 15 September – Ayrton Senna wins the 1985 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
  • 27 September – Brabant killers carry out armed robberies in Braine-l'Alleud and Overijse, killing eight.
  • 8 October to 5 November – CCC firebomb a series of companies
  • 13 October – General elections
  • 9 November – Brabant killers carry out an armed robbery in Aalst, killing eight.
  • 6 December

Publications[]

  • T. Luykx and M. Platel, Politieke geschiedenis van België van 1944 tot 1985 (2 vols., Antwerp, Kluwer).

Art and architecture[]

Films
  • Hugo Claus (dir.), De Leeuw van Vlaanderen
  • Nicole Van Goethem (dir.), A Greek Tragedy

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 2 February – Lucien Cooremans (born 1899), politician
  • 18 July – Louisa Ghijs (born 1902), actress
  • 17 June – Pieter De Somer (born 1917), scientist
  • 10 October – Alice Melin (born 1900), politician
  • 29 October – Alice Roberts (born 1906), actress
  • 16 November – Léon Lampo (born 1923), athlete
  • 9 December – François Morren (born 1899), athlete
  • 15 December – Jean van den Bosch (born 1910), diplomat

References[]

  1. ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ John E. Jessup (1998). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-313-28112-9.
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