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1983 in Belgium

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1983
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1983
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1983 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • 1 January – In the Flemish municipality of Voeren (Belgium), the controversial French-speaking José Happart is installed as mayor. However, Mayor Happart refuses to learn Dutch, which is contrary to the Belgian Constitution.
  • 1 April – Master scammer William Vandergucht withdraws 76 million Belgian francs from an ASLK bank branch in Ghent with a bad check and disappears without a trace.
  • 17 May –The first scratchcard is introduced in Belgium: Presto from the National Lottery.
  • 23 October – A very large peace demonstration is taking place in Brussels (from Brussels South towards Brussels North) against the installation of NATO cruise missiles on Belgian territory with around 400,000 demonstrators according to the organizers (120,000 according to the police).

Publications

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  • Hugo Claus, Het verdriet van België
  • Francis Delpérée, Chroniques de crise, 1977-1982 (Brussels, C.R.I.S.P.)
  • Ernest Vandevyvere, De watervoorziening te Brugge van de 13e tot de 20e eeuw (Bruges)
  • I. Verbeeck, Functionele analyse van de sleepdiensten in de haven van Antwerpen (Antwerp)

Art and architecture

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Cinematic releases

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. 8 March 2024.
  2. ^ "De Kamerleden: Jeroen Soete" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Chamber of Representatives. Retrieved 11 September 2024.