1990 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1990 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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

Events

4 to 5 April – Constitutional crisis: King Baudouin suspended as king for 36 hours after refusing to sign a law legalising abortion
26 June – City of Antwerp adopts the Globaal structuurplan, a first attempt at structured urban planning for the whole city and regeneration of dockland neighbourhoods.^[2]
28 October – German-speaking Community Council election

Publications

Brian Bond, Britain, France, and Belgium, 1939-1940 (Brassey's)
B. Francq and D. Lapeyronnie, Les deux morts de la Wallonie sidérurgique
Donald Flanell Friedman, The Symbolist Dead City: A Landscape of Poesis (Garland)
Leen Van Molle, Ieder voor allen: De Belgische Boerenbond, 1890–1990 (Leuven University Press, Kadoc Studies 9)

Drama

Hugo Claus, Four Works for the Theatre, translated by David Willinger, Luk Truyts and Luc Deneulin

Art and architecture

Luc Tuymans, Body (1990)

Cinema releases

Koko Flanel, directed by Stijn Coninx

Visual arts

Jan Fabre, Tivoli
Luc Tuymans, Body

Births

1 January – Fazlı Kocabaş, footballer
10 January – Jeroen D'hoedt, athlete
13 March – Anne Zagré, athlete
18 May – Dimitri Daeseleire, footballer
31 May – Amelie Lens, DJ
23 March – Raffaele Chiarelli, footballer
21 June – Nadine Khouzam, hockey player
12 July – Yassine El Ghanassy, footballer
18 July – Laurine Delforge, hockey umpire
19 July – Laurens Paulussen, footballer
21 July – Evelyn Arys, cyclist
12 August – Danira Boukhriss, newscaster
28 August – Louis Verhelst, cyclist
26 September – Jade Foret, model
6 October – François D'Onofrio, footballer
16 October – Antoine Demoitié, athlete (died 2016)
28 November – Dedryck Boyata, footballer
22 December – Juliette Van Dormael, cinematographer
24 December – Thomas Van der Plaetsen, athlete

Deaths

11 February – Léopold Anoul (born 1922), footballer
12 February – Gustaaf Hulstaert (born 1900), entomologist
5 March – Karel Thijs (born 1918), cyclist
14 March – Léo Souris (born 1911), composer
7 June – Max Loreau (born 1928), philosopher
8 June – Remy Van Lierde (born 1915), fighter pilot
9 June – Charles Paul de Cumont (born 1902), general
19 June – Karel Sys (born 1914), boxer
29 June – René Boël (born 1899), industrialist
5 July – Simona Noorenbergh (born 1907), missionary
13 August – André Canonne (born 1937), writer and librarian
27 August – Gérard Garitte (born 1914), Orientalist
28 August – Robert Jan Verbelen (born 1911), collaborator
30 August – Jacques Grippa (born 1913), politician
2 September – Léon Van Hove (born 1924), scientist
14 September – Wim De Craene (born 1950), singer
30 October – Germaine Van Dievoet (born 1899), Olympic swimmer
3 December – André Vlerick (born 1919) economist and politician
11 December – Fernand Collin (born 1897), banker

References

^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. 8 March 2024.
^ Steven Sterkx, "Antwerp", in Cities as Engines of Sustainable Competitiveness: European Urban Policy in Practice, edited by Leo van den Berg, Jan van der Meer and Luis Carvalho (Routledge, 2016).

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