Events in the year 1990 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens
Events 4 to 5 April – Constitutional crisis: King Baudouin suspended as king for 36 hours after refusing to sign a law legalising abortion 26 June – City of Antwerp adopts the Globaal structuurplan, a first attempt at structured urban planning for the whole city and regeneration of dockland neighbourhoods.Steven Sterkx, "Antwerp", in Cities as Engines of Sustainable Competitiveness: European Urban Policy in Practice, edited by Leo van den Berg, Jan van der Meer and Luis Carvalho (Routledge, 2016). 28 October – German-speaking Community Council election
Publications Brian Bond, Britain, France, and Belgium, 1939-1940 (Brassey's) B. Francq and D. Lapeyronnie, Les deux morts de la Wallonie sidérurgique Donald Flanell Friedman, The Symbolist Dead City: A Landscape of Poesis (Garland) Leen Van Molle, Ieder voor allen: De Belgische Boerenbond, 1890–1990 (Leuven University Press, Kadoc Studies 9)
Drama Hugo Claus, Four Works for the Theatre, translated by David Willinger, Luk Truyts and Luc Deneulin
Art and architecture
Cinema releases Koko Flanel, directed by Stijn Coninx
Visual arts Jan Fabre, Tivoli Luc Tuymans, Body
Births 1 January – Fazlı Kocabaş, footballer 10 January – Jeroen D'hoedt, athlete 13 March – Anne Zagré, athlete 18 May – Dimitri Daeseleire, footballer 12 April - Eline Powell, actress 31 May – Amelie Lens, DJ 23 March – Raffaele Chiarelli, footballer 21 June – Nadine Khouzam, hockey player 12 July – Yassine El Ghanassy, footballer 18 July – Laurine Delforge, hockey umpire 19 July – Laurens Paulussen, footballer 21 July – Evelyn Arys, cyclist 12 August – Danira Boukhriss, newscaster 28 August – Louis Verhelst, cyclist 26 September – Jade Foret, model 6 October – François D'Onofrio, footballer 16 October – Antoine Demoitié, athlete (died 2016) 28 November – Dedryck Boyata, footballer 22 December – Juliette Van Dormael, cinematographer 24 December – Thomas Van der Plaetsen, athlete
Deaths 11 February – Léopold Anoul (born 1922), footballer 12 February – Gustaaf Hulstaert (born 1900), entomologist 5 March – Karel Thijs (born 1918), cyclist 14 March – Léo Souris (born 1911), composer 7 June – Max Loreau (born 1928), philosopher 8 June – Remy Van Lierde (born 1915), fighter pilot 9 June – Charles Paul de Cumont (born 1902), general 19 June – Karel Sys (born 1914), boxer 29 June – René Boël (born 1899), industrialist 5 July – Simona Noorenbergh (born 1907), missionary 13 August – André Canonne (born 1937), writer and librarian 27 August – Gérard Garitte (born 1914), Orientalist 28 August – Robert Jan Verbelen (born 1911), collaborator 30 August – Jacques Grippa (born 1913), politician 2 September – Léon Van Hove (born 1924), scientist 14 September – Wim De Craene (born 1950), singer 30 October – Germaine Van Dievoet (born 1899), Olympic swimmer 3 December – André Vlerick (born 1919) economist and politician 11 December – Fernand Collin (born 1897), banker
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