Events in the year 2012 in Belgium.
Incumbents
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Monarch:
Albert II
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Prime Minister:
Elio Di Rupo
Events
;February
* 3 to 4 February – The traffic record is broken in Belgium due to excessive snowfall, 1,275 kilometres of traffic.
;March
* 13 March –
Sierre coach crash: a bus with Belgian and Dutch schoolchildren crashes in a tunnel near
Sierre, Switzerland, killing 28 and injuring 24.
* 16 March – National day of mourning for the victims of the Sierre coach crash.
;June
* 7 June – King
Albert II of Belgium opens the 25N railway line.
;September
* 17 September – Flemish commercial TV channel VT4 relaunched as
VIER.
;October
* 14 October –
Provincial and municipal elections take place.
* 24 October – Announcement that
Ford Genk would close at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, leaving 4,300 unemployed.
* 27 October – Five Belgians die in a bus accident in
Kerak
Al-Karak ( ar, الكرك), is a city in Jordan known for its medieval castle, the Kerak Castle. The castle is one of the three largest castles in the region, the other two being in Syria. Al-Karak is the capital city of the Karak Governorate.
...
,
Jordan.
;December
* 9 December – The Benelux train serving
Amsterdam and Brussels is replaced by the
Fyra
Fyra (pronounced ) was an international high-speed rail service between the Netherlands and Belgium using the AnsaldoBreda V250 train. The service used the HSL-Zuid and HSL 4 railway lines to connect Amsterdam, Schiphol Airport, Rotterdam, Antwer ...
high speed train.
Sports
* 24 March – The team
K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen
Koninklijke Sporting Club Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen (; often simply called Sporting Lokeren or Lokeren) was a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Lokeren, in the province of East Flanders. The club was founded in 1923 but cease ...
wins the
2011–12 Belgian Cup
The 2011–12 Belgian Cup (also known as ''Cofidis Cup'' because of sponsoring purposes) is the 57th season of the main knockout football competition in Belgium. It commenced on 31 July 2011 with the first matches of Round 1 and concluded on 24 Mar ...
.
* 6 May –
Anderlecht
Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
win the
Belgian Pro League after a home draw against
Club Brugge
(), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,062. .
* 2 September –
Jenson Button wins the
2012 Belgian Grand Prix
The 2012 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race that took place, at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium on 2 September 2012, the fir ...
at
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (), frequently referred to as ''Spa'', is a motor-racing circuit located in Stavelot, Belgium. It is the current venue of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix, hosting its first Grand Prix in 1925, and has held ...
.
* 7 October –
Joseph Mutai wins the
Brussels Marathon
The Brussels Marathon is an annual AIMS-certified marathon held in Brussels, Belgium, first held in 1984, and usually held in the autumn. Races of shorter distances are also held on the same day.
History
The full race was first held in 1984.
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in 2:16.41.
* 25–27 August –
Ellen van Dijk wins
2012 Lotto-Decca Tour
The 2012 Lotto–Decca Tour was the first edition of Lotto–Decca Tour, a women's cycle stage race in Belgium. The tour was held from 25 August to 27 August, 2012. The tour with an UCI rating of 2.2 started in Nijlen, and ended in Geraardsberge ...
Deaths
* 5 May –
Jacques Stiennon (born 1920), historian
* 24 December –
Xavier Mabille
Xavier Mabille (3 July 1933 – 24 December 2012) was a Belgian historian and political scientist. He served as President of the Belgium-based ''Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques'' (CRISP or Centre for Socio-Political Research) ...
(born 1933), historian and political scientist
See also
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2012 in Belgian television
References
Belgium
Years of the 21st century in Belgium
2010s in Belgium
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