2004 in Belgium

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This article details events occurring in the year 2004 in Belgium. Major events include a gas explosion in Ghislenghien, which killed 24 people, and the restructuring of the Vlaams Blok political party.

Incumbents[]

  • Monarch: Albert II[1]
  • Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

Events[]

  • 1 March – Marc Dutroux brought to trial.
  • 22 March – Marc Dutroux sentenced to life imprisonment.
  • 24 April – Sporting Anderlecht wins the Belgian First Division
  • 30 July – Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Hainaut, causes 24 deaths.
  • 21 August – Justine Henin wins the Olympic final against French tennis player Amélie Mauresmo, earning the gold medal
  • 29 August – Kimi Räikkönen wins the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.[2]
  • 25 October – Patrick Hoogmartens succeeds Paul Schruers as Bishop of Hasselt
  • 14 November – Flemish political party Vlaams Blok dissolves and rebrands as Vlaams Belang.
  • 26 December – 12 Belgians are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Publications[]

  • Xavier Mabille, Histoire politique de la Belgique: Facteurs et acteurs de changement (Brussels, C.R.I.S.P.).

Art and architecture[]

North Galaxy Towers, Schaerbeek
Buildings

Births[]

  • 6 February – Princess Louise of Belgium
  • 2 March – Evy Poppe, snowboarder
  • 13 October – Ben Mertens, snooker player

Deaths[]

January
  • 1 January – Jean-Pierre Hallet, anthropologist and human rights activist.
  • 7 January – Leonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop
  • 28 January – André Van Lysebeth, yoga instructor
February
  • 2 February – , politician
  • 7 February –
  • 9 February – , actress
  • 11 February – , actor
  • 13 February – , psychologist and journalist
  • 21 February – , politician
March
  • 13 March – , mayor
  • 14 March – , composer
  • 17 March – Jan Van Der Auwera, soccer player
April
  • 2 April – Guillaume Marie van Zuylen, bishop
  • 4 April – Briek Schotte, cyclist
  • 5 April – Fernand Goyvaerts, soccer player
May
  • 3 May – Marc Mortier, entrepreneur
  • 5 May – , TV producer
  • 16 May – , journalist and news reporter
  • 18 May – , abstract painter
  • 26 May – , film and TV-director
June
  • 7 June – comic book creator
  • 15 June
    • , priest and theologian
    • Denise Zimmerman, actress
  • 20 June – Stive Vermaut, cyclist
July
  • 3 July – Freddy de Vree, poet
  • 8 July – Emile Brichard, cyclist
  • 27 July – , politician
August
September
  • 5 September – Cecil de Strycker, economist and banker
  • 9 September – , film director
  • 16 September – Cyrillus-Camillus Barbary, First World War veteran
  • 26 September – , cyclist
  • 30 September – conductor

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Albert II, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. ^ "2004 Belgian Grand Prix - Practice 2". Retrieved 10 April 2013.
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