1930 in Belgium

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Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1930 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1930 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Royal family visiting Mons in June 1930.

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.[1]
• 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).[2]
• Madeline Brandeis, Little Philippe of Belgium (New York, Grosset & Dunlap).[3]

Art and architecture

Hotel Le Plaza, Brussels

• 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)[4]

Deaths

• 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

References

1. Le Soir illustré, 7 June 1930.
2. Album souvenir at Internet Archive.
3. Little Philippe at Internet Archive.
4. "Jean Herbiet, Department of Theatre". Theatre.uottawa.ca. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2012-04-02.