2001 in Belgium

2001 in Belgium
Events from the year 2001 in Belgium
Incumbents
Monarch: Albert II
Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt
Events
March 27 - A train collision in Pécrot, Walloon Brabant causes 8 fatalities.
April 28 - Popular amusement park Walibi Waver reopens as Six Flags Belgium.
June 3 - Aloys Jousten consecrated as bishop of Liège
July 16 - Belgian Jacques Rogge elected President of the International Olympic Committee.
September 11 - One Belgian dies in the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City: Patrice Braut, killed on the 94th floor.
November 6 - National airline company Sabena is declared bankrupt by the commercial court.
Publications
Philippe Bragard and Vincent Bruch, Namur: une citadelle européenne (Namur, Les Amis de la Citadelle de Namur)
Raymond van Uytven, Production and Consumption in the Low Countries, 13th-16th Centuries (Aldershot, Ashgate)
Art and architecture
21 January to 22 April – Exhibition Pride and Joy: Children's Portraits in The Netherlands 1500-1700 held at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Births
27 February – Largie Ramazani, Belgian footballer
10 March – Charles De Ketelaere, Belgian footballer
25 October – Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, eldest child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde
Deaths
January
January 1 - Remi Capoen (84), cyclist
January 7 - Robert Hurbain (72), businessman
January 8 - Paul Vanden Boeynants (81), politician
January 11 - Maurits Goossens (86), actor
January 19 - Pierre Soubry (69), businessman
January 26 - Eric Rijckaert (57), doctor
January 27 - Marie José of Belgium (94), Belgian princess and last Queen of Italy
January 31 - Renaat Braem (90), architect
February
February 22 - Piet Bergers (93), actor
March
March 5 - Evrard de Limburg Stirum (73), mayor
March 5 - Frans De Mulder (63), cyclist
March 16 - Brasser (64), cartoonist
May
May 3 - Ward Schroeven (88), athlete
May 14 - Eugeen Uten (81), carillonneur and composer
June
June 3 - Jean-Pierre De Decker (56), film director
June 15 - Hurey (63), cartoonist
June 29 - Donald Madder (32), actor
June 30 - Pol Appeltants (79), soccer-player
July
July 8 - Kees Brug (78), singer and comedian
July 12 - Jacques Vercruysse (71), athlete
July 16 - Morris (77), cartoonist
August
August 3 - Leo De Kesel (97), cleric
August 18 - Roland Cardon (72), composer and conductor
August 19 - Henri-François Van Aal (68), journalist and politician
August 21 - Alfred Scokaert (80), mayor
August 24 - Bernard Heuvelmans (84), zoologist
August 29 - Jacques Santkin (52), politician
September
September 7 - Georges Mundeleer (80), politician
September 8 - Paul Ooghe (102), last surviving Belgian soldier from World War 1
September 26 - Albert Tiberghien (86), tax consultant
October
October 1 - Alfons Borgers (82), mathematician
October 15 - Lieve Baeten (46), children book writer
November
November 15 - Robert Vanes (78), businessman and professor
November 24 - Eddy Meeùs (75), entrepreneur, founder Walibi
December
December 1 - Taf Wallet (99), painter and engraver
December 15 - Paul Devlies (79), politician
December 22 - Pierre Cosemyns (71), boxer
December 22 - Angèle Durand (76), singer and actress
December 26 - Staf Permentier (81), comedian
December 29 - Louis Waltniel (76), politician
December 30 - Chaim Kreiswirth (83), Polish-Belgian rabbi
See also
1991 in Belgian television
References
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Years of the 21st century in Belgium
2000s in Belgium
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