Events from the year 1993 in Belgium
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin (until 31 July); Albert II (from 9 August) Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene
Events January 20 January – Kidnapping of Ulrika Bidegård
February 6 February – Revision of the Constitution of Belgium signed into law
May 15 May – Barbara Dex represents Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
June 6 June – Standard Liège wins the Belgian Cup at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium
July 31 July – Death of King Baudouin
August 9 August – Albert II sworn in as King, following the death of his brother Baudouin, on 31 July
Publications M. Leroy, De la Belgique unitaire à l'Etat fédéral (Brussels, Bruylant).
Births 29 March – Thorgan Hazard, footballer 13 April – Daan Myngheer, cyclist (died 2016) 9 May – Rachel Sobry, politician 13 May – Romelu Lukaku, footballer 1 June – Noémie Happart, model 4 September – Yannick Carrasco, footballer 2 October – Michy Batshuayi, footballer
Deaths 12 January – Pierre Nihant (born 1925), cyclist 3 February Éliane de Meuse (born 1899), painter Karel Goeyvaerts (born 1923), composer 23 February – Robert Triffin (born 1911), economist 21 March – Albert Ramon (born 1920), cyclist 10 July – Alfred Hamerlinck (born 1905), cyclist 31 July – Baudouin of Belgium (born 1930), monarch 21 September – Fernand Ledoux (born 1897), actor 22 November – Alois De Hertog (born 1927), cyclist 29 November – Arnold Boghaert (born 1920), bishop 3 December – Henricus Cockuyt (born 1903), Olympic sprinter 20 December – Hubert Deltour, (born 1911), cyclist
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