1993 in Belgium

Events from the year 1993 in Belgium

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin (until 31 July); Albert II (from 9 August)
 * Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene

Events

 * January
 * 20 January – Kidnapping of Ulrika Bidegård


 * February
 * 6 February – Revision of the Constitution of Belgium signed into law


 * May
 * 15 May – Barbara Dex represents Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993


 * June
 * 6 June – Standard Liège wins the Belgian Cup at the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium


 * July
 * 31 July – Death of King Baudouin


 * August
 * 9 August – Albert II sworn in as King, following the death of his brother Baudouin, on 31 July

Publications

 * M. Leroy, De la Belgique unitaire à l'Etat fédéral (Brussels, Bruylant).

Births

 * 29 March – Thorgan Hazard, footballer
 * 13 April – Daan Myngheer, cyclist (died 2016)
 * 9 May – Rachel Sobry, politician
 * 13 May – Romelu Lukaku, footballer
 * 1 June – Noémie Happart, model
 * 4 September – Yannick Carrasco, footballer
 * 2 October – Michy Batshuayi, footballer

Deaths

 * 12 January – Pierre Nihant (born 1925), cyclist
 * 3 February
 * Éliane de Meuse (born 1899), painter
 * Karel Goeyvaerts (born 1923), composer


 * 23 February – Robert Triffin (born 1911), economist
 * 21 March – Albert Ramon (born 1920), cyclist
 * 10 July – Alfred Hamerlinck (born 1905), cyclist
 * 31 July – Baudouin of Belgium (born 1930), monarch
 * 21 September – Fernand Ledoux (born 1897), actor
 * 22 November – Alois De Hertog (born 1927), cyclist
 * 29 November – Arnold Boghaert (born 1920), bishop