2005 in Belgium

This article details events from the year 2005 in Belgium. Major events include the holding of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in Belgium, and the appointment of Belgium's first female rabbi.

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Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
  • 2020s
See also:Other events of 2005
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Events
  • May 15 - Club Brugge win the Belgian Pro League.
  • June 1 - Marcel Smets becomes the 2nd Vlaams Bouwmeester succeeding Bob van Reeth.
  • July 6 - The Flemish parliament approves of a municipality decree, redefining the role and abilities of local governments.
  • September 11 - Belgium gets its first female rabbi. Floriane Chinsky accepts her appointment in the new synagogue of Vorst
  • September 28 - Kenyan Samson Kosgei wins the Brussels Marathon in a time of 2:12.01.
  • October 11 - The Verhofstadt II Government proposes the Generatiepact to parliament.
  • November 26 - The third Junior Eurovision Song Contest is held in Hasselt

Births

Deaths
  • 15 August – Adriaan Pattin, historian of medieval philosophy (born 1914)
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See also

References
  1. "Albert II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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