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List of events
Events in the year 1929 in
Belgium.
Incumbents
-
Monarch –
Albert I
-
Prime Minister –
Henri 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
- Buildings
- Paintings
Births
Deaths
References