1990 in Belgium
Events in the year 1990 in Belgium .
Incumbents
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
Visual arts
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).