Events in the year 1983 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens
Events
1 January – In the Flemish municipality of Voeren (Belgium), the controversial French-speaking José Happart is installed as mayor. However, Mayor Happart refuses to learn Dutch, which is contrary to the Belgian Constitution. 1 April – Master scammer William Vandergucht withdraws 76 million Belgian francs from an ASLK bank branch in Ghent with a bad check and disappears without a trace. 17 May –The first scratchcard is introduced in Belgium: Presto from the National Lottery. 23 October – A very large peace demonstration is taking place in Brussels (from Brussels South towards Brussels North) against the installation of NATO cruise missiles on Belgian territory with around 400,000 demonstrators according to the organizers (120,000 according to the police).
Publications Hugo Claus, 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 Cinematic releases Brussels by Night, directed by Marc Didden
Births 25 January – Astrid Coppens, performer 31 January – Tom Vangeneugden, Olympic swimmer 26 February – Andrei Lugovski, Belarusian-born tenor 12 March – Sigrid Persoon, gymnast 11 May – Frédéric Xhonneux, athlete 2 June – Jo Deman, scouting executive 12 September – Niels Tas, politician 16 September – Katerine Avgoustakis, singer 6 October – Nina van Koeckhoven, athlete 25 October – Nawell Madani, media figure 26 December – Jeroen Soete, politician
Deaths 3 March- Hergé,(born 1907)comics author 15 March – Albert-Émile de Beauffort (born 1899), colonial administrator 11 July – Paul Harsin (born 1902), historian 25 September – Leopold III (born 1901)
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