Events in the year 1930 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Monarch – Albert I Prime Minister – Henri Jaspar
Events 3 May to 3 November – Exposition internationale held in Liège with simultaneous International Exhibition of Colonies, Shipping and Flemish Art held in Antwerp. June – Royal visit to Mons.Le Soir illustré, 7 June 1930. 20 July – Louis Chiron wins the 1930 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa–Francorchamps.
Publications Album souvenir de l'exposition internationale d'Anvers 1930 (Géo M. Potié).Album souvenir at Internet Archive. Madeline Brandeis, Little Philippe of Belgium (New York, Grosset & Dunlap).Little Philippe at Internet Archive.
Art and architecture
Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels opens
Births 19 February Jan Goossens, linguist Alfons Verplaetse, national banker (died 2020) 18 April – Michel Didisheim, royal secretary (died 2020) 12 June – Herman Daled, art collector (died 2020) 21 June – Yvette Alloo, paralympian (died 2020) 7 September Prince Baudouin (died 1993) Paul-Baudouin Michel, musicologist (died 2020) 16 December – Jean Herbiet, theatre artistic director (died 2008)
Deaths 12 February – Eva Dell'Acqua (born 1856), operatic composer 11 September – Charles Lemonnier (born 1860), mayor of Brussels 16 September – Julien Liebaert (born 1848), politician 15 October – Albert Grisar (born 1870), sailor 27 December – Eugène Henry (born 1862), Governor General of Congo
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