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1961 In Belgium
Events in the year 1961 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch: Baudouin *Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens (until 25 April), Théo Lefèvre (starting 25 April) Events * 15 February – Sabena Flight 548 * 26 March – Belgian general election, 1961 Births * 14 March – Christ'l Smet, windsurfer * 23 April – Patrick De Koning, archer * 25 April – Frank De Winne, astronaut * 13 May – Marc De Mesmaeker, police officer * 22 May – Elke Tindemans, politician * 29 June – Wim Claes, composer (died 2018) * 12 July – Diederik Foubert, cyclist * 16 July – Willem Wijnant, cyclist * 28 July – Gerda Sierens, cyclist * 6 August – Rudy Patry, cyclist * 14 August – Peter Joos, Olympic fencer * 11 September – Sophie de Schaepdrijver, historian * 14 September – Karl Meersman, cartoonist * 18 September – Danny Lippens, cyclist * 10 November – Bruno Tuybens, politician * 22 November – Myriam Vanlerberghe, politician * 30 December – Bernard Clerfayt, politician De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudy Patry
Rudy Patry (born 6 August 1961) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Vilvoorde Cyclists from Flemish Brabant {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s In Belgium
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 In Belgium
Events in the year 1961 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch: Baudouin *Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens (until 25 April), Théo Lefèvre (starting 25 April) Events * 15 February – Sabena Flight 548 * 26 March – Belgian general election, 1961 Births * 14 March – Christ'l Smet, windsurfer * 23 April – Patrick De Koning, archer * 25 April – Frank De Winne, astronaut * 13 May – Marc De Mesmaeker, police officer * 22 May – Elke Tindemans, politician * 29 June – Wim Claes, composer (died 2018) * 12 July – Diederik Foubert, cyclist * 16 July – Willem Wijnant, cyclist * 28 July – Gerda Sierens, cyclist * 6 August – Rudy Patry, cyclist * 14 August – Peter Joos, Olympic fencer * 11 September – Sophie de Schaepdrijver, historian * 14 September – Karl Meersman, cartoonist * 18 September – Danny Lippens, cyclist * 10 November – Bruno Tuybens, politician * 22 November – Myriam Vanlerberghe, politician * 30 December – Bernard Clerfayt, politician De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Van Alphen
Jan "John" van Alphen (17 June 1914 – 19 December 1961) was a Belgian footballer, born in Antwerp, Belgium. He played as a midfielder for Beerschot VAC. With the anversois, he twice won the Belgian Championship, in 1938 and 1939. He played for the ''Diables Rouges'' from 1938 to 1944, with whom he played eleven games, including one at the 1938 World Cup. Honours * from 1938 to |
Victor Van Strydonck De Burkel
Lieutenant-general BEM Victor Jean Clement, ''Baron'' van Strydonck de Burkel (16 July 1876, Antwerp – 4 August 1961, Etterbeek) was a general of the Belgian Army and the primary architect of the formation of the Free Belgian Forces after Belgium's official surrender on May 28, 1940 in World War II. Military career First World War and Interwar In 1918, as an officer in the 1st Regiment of Guides, Victor van Strydonck commanded the last cavalry charge in western Europe, the successful Charge of Burkel. For his role in the charge, van Strydonck was made a baron and given the title "de Burkel" in 1937 after the location of the battle. A cavalry officer, van Strydonck de Burkel commanded the Cavalry School (1920–1923) and the 1st Cavalry Division (1928–1933), served as the inspector-general of the Belgian Gendarmerie (1933–1939), and was the commander of the Cavalry Corps (1933–1939) prior to World War II. In 1938, Van Strydonck announced his retirement from the army b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julius Raes
Julius (Jules) Raes (1884–1961), known in religion as Hildebrand and also under the pen name H. Cappaert, was a Belgian Capuchin historian and archivist. Life Raes was born in Hooglede on 3 June 1884, the youngest son of Frans Raes and Marie-Louise Vancoilliue.J.P. Tytgat, "Raes, Julius", '' Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek'', vol. 7 (Brussels, 1977), 775-780. He attended the Capuchin-run Serafijns College in Bruges and on 28 September 1901 joined the Capuchin Order in Enghien, taking the religious name Hildebrand. He was ordained to the priesthood in Enghien on 13 October 1907 and was sent to study at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he graduated Bachelor of Theology in 1909. He taught Church History and Patristics at the Capuchin seminary in Izegem for two years before being sent to Rome, where he briefly worked at the Collegio Internazionale di San Lorenzo da Brindisi before returning to Belgium. In 1913 he appointed archivist to the order's Belgian province, and be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frans Van Cauwelaert
Frans Van Cauwelaert (10 January 1880 – 17 May 1961), was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician and lawyer. Van Cauwelaert was born at Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Lombeek. He was a member of the Flemish movement, Professor of psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven), mayor of Antwerp (1921–1932), and co-founder of the daily journal ''De Standaard''. He fought for using Dutch at the University of Ghent, together with the Socialist Camille Huysmans and the liberal Louis Franck. In 1911 they proposed a bill to the Belgian parliament, which originated from Lodewijk De Raet for the usage of Dutch at the University of Ghent instead of French. Frans Van Cauwelaert was a member of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives from 1910 until his death in 1961. He was appointed Minister of State in 1931. In the government led by Charles de Broqueville, Van Cauwelaert was minister for Commerce, Middle Class and Foreign Trade (January–June 1934) and Minister of Agriculture and Economic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Clerfayt
Bernard Clerfayt (born 30 December 1961, in Uccle) is a Belgians, Belgian politician. He has been the mayor of Schaerbeek since 2001 and is currently vice-president of the Democratic Front of Francophones, Front Démocratique des Francophones (FDF). As is common in Belgium, he holds a dual mandate and has also been a member of the federal Belgian Chamber of Representatives since 2007. Clerfayt received a master's degree in economics from the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) in 1986 while working as a research assistant at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven's Centre for Economic Studies (Centrum voor Economische Studien). After an internship at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., he joined IRES (Economic Analysis Service) at UCLouvain. He pursued his career as a research and teaching assistant. He then obtained the chair of Macroeconomics and Political Economics at UCLouvain, at Facultés universitaires catholiques de Mons and at Facultés Universitair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myriam Vanlerberghe
Myriam Vanlerberghe (born 1961) is a Belgian politician and a member of the Socialistische Partij Anders. She was elected as a member of the Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: Sénat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parli ... in 2007. Notes Living people Socialistische Partij Anders politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament 1961 births People from Izegem 21st-century Belgian politicians 21st-century Belgian women politicians {{Flanders-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Tuybens
Bruno Tuybens (born 10 November 1961) is a Belgian politician and member of the sp.a ''Expatica''. Retrieved 2015-09-06. From 2002 until he became a secretary of state in 2005, Tuybens served as head of the sustainable and ethical investment division of the . In October 2005 Tuybens joined the as Secretary of state for Public Enterprises, attached to the Minister of Budget, serving until December 2007 when [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Lippens
Danny Lippens (born 18 September 1961) is a former Belgian racing cyclist. He rode in 1989 Tour de France The 1989 Tour de France was the 76th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race consisted of 21 stages and a prologue, over . It started on 1 July 1989 in Luxembourg before taking an anti-clockwise route through France .... References External links * 1961 births Living people Belgian male cyclists People from Eeklo Cyclists from East Flanders {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1960s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |