• Source: 2004 in Belgium

This article details events occurring in the year 2004 in Belgium. Major events include a gas explosion in Ghislenghien, which killed 24 people, and the restructuring of the Vlaams Blok political party.




Incumbents


Monarch: Albert II
Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt




Events


1 March – Marc Dutroux brought to trial.
22 March – Marc Dutroux sentenced to life imprisonment.
24 April – Sporting Anderlecht wins the Belgian First Division
30 July – Gas explosion in Ghislenghien, Hainaut, causes 24 deaths.
21 August – Justine Henin wins the Olympic final against French tennis player Amélie Mauresmo, earning the gold medal
29 August – Kimi Räikkönen wins the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
25 October – Patrick Hoogmartens succeeds Paul Schruers as Bishop of Hasselt
14 November – Flemish political party Vlaams Blok dissolves and rebrands as Vlaams Belang.
26 December – 12 Belgians are among the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.




Publications


Xavier Mabille, Histoire politique de la Belgique: Facteurs et acteurs de changement (Brussels, C.R.I.S.P.).




Art and architecture



Buildings
Ethias Arena opens in Hasselt
North Galaxy Towers in Brussels completed (begun 2002)




Births


6 January – Roméo Lavia, footballer
6 February – Princess Louise of Belgium
2 March – Evy Poppe, snowboarder
13 October – Ben Mertens, snooker player




Deaths


January
1 January – Jean-Pierre Hallet, anthropologist and human rights activist.
7 January – Leonce-Albert Van Peteghem, bishop
28 January – André Van Lysebeth, yoga instructor
February
2 February – Arthur Gilson, politician
7 February – Leopold Maertens
9 February – Mechtilde van Mechelen, actress
11 February – Ugo Prinsen, actor
13 February – Jan De Laender, psychologist and journalist
21 February – John Taylor, politician
March
13 March – Roger Nols, mayor
14 March – Petrus Weemaels, composer
17 March – Jan Van Der Auwera, soccer player
April
2 April – Guillaume Marie van Zuylen, bishop
4 April – Briek Schotte, cyclist
5 April – Fernand Goyvaerts, soccer player
May
3 May – Marc Mortier, entrepreneur
5 May – Marc Scheers, TV producer
16 May – Omer Grawet, journalist and news reporter
18 May – Rik Hamblok, abstract painter
26 May – Frans Buyens, film and TV-director
June
7 June – Karel Biddeloo comic book creator
15 June
Maurits Sabbe, priest and theologian
Denise Zimmerman, actress
20 June – Stive Vermaut, cyclist
July
3 July – Freddy de Vree, poet
8 July – Emile Brichard, cyclist
27 July – Léon Hurez, politician
August
2 August – François Craenhals, comic book writer
10 August – Remi Piryns
31 August — Jean-Marie Ghuysen, chemist
September
5 September – Cecil de Strycker, economist and banker
9 September – Hein Beniest, film director
16 September – Cyrillus-Camillus Barbary, First World War veteran
26 September – Tim Pauwels, cyclist
30 September – Fernand Terby conductor




See also


2004 in Belgian television




References

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