1985 in Belgium

← 1984 1983 1982 1985 in Belgium → 1986 1987 1988
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See also:	Other events of 1985 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1985 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 15 January – Communist Combatant Cells (CCC) bomb the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, killing two firemen and wounding others.[2]
• 3 February – Roger Vangheluwe consecrated as bishop of Bruges by Cardinal Godfried Danneels
• 16 to 21 May – Pope John Paul II visits Belgium
• 29 May – Heysel Stadium disaster
• 15 September – Ayrton Senna wins the 1985 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
• 27 September – Brabant killers carry out armed robberies in Braine-l'Alleud and Overijse, killing eight.
• 8 October to 5 November – CCC firebomb a series of companies
• 13 October – General elections
• 9 November – Brabant killers carry out an armed robbery in Aalst, killing eight.
• 6 December
  • CCC attack NATO pipeline in Wortegem-Petegem
  • Liège law court bombing

Publications

• T. Luykx and M. Platel, Politieke geschiedenis van België van 1944 tot 1985 (2 vols., Antwerp, Kluwer).

Art and architecture

Films

• Hugo Claus (dir.), De Leeuw van Vlaanderen
• Nicole Van Goethem (dir.), A Greek Tragedy

Births

• 5 January – Bart Goossens, footballer
• 1 February – Tim De Meersman, footballer
• 5 February – Tatiana Silva, beauty queen
• 15 February – Sara Peeters, cyclist
• 16 March – Saskia Bricmont, politician
• 20 June – Dieter Vanthourenhout, cyclist
• 5 August – Joeri Calleeuw, cyclist
• 14 September – Stijn Neirynck, cyclist
• 25 September – Nicolas Achten, musician
• 5 December – Mehdi Dehbi, actor and theatre director
• 22 December – Aurora Marion, actress

Deaths

• 2 February – Lucien Cooremans (born 1899), politician
• 18 July – Louisa Ghijs (born 1902), actress
• 17 June – Pieter De Somer (born 1917), scientist
• 10 October – Alice Melin (born 1900), politician
• 29 October – Alice Roberts (born 1906), actress
• 16 November – Léon Lampo (born 1923), athlete
• 9 December – François Morren (born 1899), athlete
• 15 December – Jean van den Bosch (born 1910), diplomat

References

1. "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. John E. Jessup (1998). An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Conflict and Conflict Resolution, 1945-1996. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-313-28112-9.