Events in the year 1983 in

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 th ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...

: Baudouin *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

Wilfried Martens Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens (; 19 April 1936 – 9 October 2013) was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1981 and from 1981 to 1992. A member of the Flemish Christian People's Party, during his premiership ...

Events

Publications

Hugo Claus Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (; 5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian literature, Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms. Claus' literary contributions spanned the genres of drama, the novel, a ...

, '' 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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Brussels by Night Brussels by Night is a Belgian drama film from 1983, directed by former Humo journalist Marc Didden. The low budget picture was financed partly by Herman Schueremans, organizer of the Flemish rock festival Rock Werchter. The film was named after ...

'', directed by

Marc Didden Marc Didden (born 28 July 1949) is a Belgian film director. He and his family moved to Brussels when he was age 2. He grew up in Brussels and studied Film Direction and Playwriting there. Didden was rock journalist and critic for the Flemish ma ...

Births

* 25 January – Astrid Coppens, performer * 31 January – Tom Vangeneugden, Olympic swimmer * 12 March – Sigrid Persoon, gymnast * 11 May – Frédéric Xhonneux, athlete * 2 June –

Jo Deman Jo Deman, from Leuven, Belgium is one of the 12 elected members of the World Scout Committee, the main executive body of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. He was elected to the Committee at the 41st World Scout Conference in Baku, Az ...

, scouting executive * 6 October – Nina van Koeckhoven, athlete * 25 October – Nawell Madani, media figure

Deaths

* 15 March – Albert-Émile de Beauffort (born 1899), colonial administrator * 11 July –

Paul Harsin Paul Marie Isidore Harsin (1902–1983) was an economic and political historian who held doctorates in the humanities, social sciences, and law. He was a professor at the University of Liège for over 40 years and briefly served as president of th ...

(born 1902), historian * 25 September – Leopold III (born 1901)

References

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