1934 in Belgium

Events in the year 1934 in Belgium.

Incumbents Monarch – Albert I (until 17 February); Leopold III (from 23 February) Prime Minister – Charles de Broqueville (to 20 November); Georges Theunis (from 20 November)

Events 6 January – First electrified railway between Brussels and Antwerp taken into use.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). 22 February – Funeral of King Albert I. 23 February – Leopold III sworn in as King, following the death of his father Albert I, on 17 February. 28 March – Socialist savings bank Bank van de Arbeid goes bankrupt. 16 May – Firedamp explosion in Fief-de-Lambrechies and Pâturages kills 57. 31 May – Law on language use in court cases passes Parliament. 13 November – De Broqueville government resigns. 20 November – New government led by Georges Theunis takes office. 26 November – Meteorite impact near Roisin.

Art and architecture

29 March – Surrealist group Rupture founded in La Louvière. May to June – Exhibition Le Minotaure (Brussels). 13 September – Belgium's first Dutch-language sound film, De Witte, screened in Antwerp.

Publications Henry De Vocht, Monumenta Humanistica Lovaniensia: Texts and Studies about Louvain Humanists in the First Half of the XVIth Century Joseph Lefèvre, La secrétairerie d'état et de guerre sous le régime espagnol, 1594-1711

Births 21 January – François van Hoobrouck d'Aspre, politician (died 2020) 6 June – Prince Albert, king

Deaths 9 February – Henri Van Dyck (born 1849), painter 17 February – King Albert (born 1875)

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