2014 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

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See also:	Other events of 2014 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Philippe[1]
• Prime Minister: Elio di Rupo (until 11 October), Charles Michel (starting 11 October)

Events

January

February

• 13 February – Belgium becomes the first country to legalise euthanasia without any age limits.[2]

March

April

• 4 April – 20 people injured as protesters from across Europe clash with police in Brussels at a demonstration against high unemployment.[3]

May

• 24 May – Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting kills three and seriously injures one in Brussels.[4][5]
• 25 May – Elections are held for the regional parliaments, the federal parliament and the European Parliament.

June

July

• 17 July – Six Belgians (two with dual nationality) among the 298 people on board killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 brought down in Eastern Ukraine near the Russian border.[6]

August

• 4 August – Representatives of 83 countries mark the centenary of the beginning of the First World War with remembrance ceremonies at the Allied Memorial in Liège and at St Symphorien cemetery.[7]

September

October

• 11 October – Michel Government sworn in 138 days after 25 May elections[8]

November

• 6 November – 100,000-person anti-austerity demonstration in Brussels ends in violence, with 50 people injured and 30 detained[9]

December

• 3 December – Foreign ministers from members of NATO attend a summit in Belgium to discuss the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine and the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant insurgency.
• 15 December – 24-hour general strike to protest the austerity measures of the Michel Government.[10]

Sports

• 6 April – Ellen van Dijk wins the Tour of Flanders, a women's road cycling World Cup race.
• 24 August – Daniel Ricciardo wins the 70th Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium[11]

Deaths

• 2 January – Jeanne Brabants, 93, dancer and choreographer (b. 1920)
• 27 February – Jan Hoet, 77, museum curator (b. 1936)
• 15 May – Jean-Luc Dehaene, 73, 63rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1940)
• 11 August – Simon Leys, 78, diplomat and author (b. 1935)
• 29 November – Luc De Vos, 52, Singer of rockband Gorki (b. 1962)
• 5 December – Fabiola, 86, Queen-consort of Belgium from 1960 to 1993 (b. 1928)
• 26 December – Leo Tindemans, 92, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1922)

See also

• 2014 in Belgian television

References

1. "Philippe, king of Belgium | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. "Belgium's parliament votes through child euthanasia". BBC News. 13 February 2014.
3. "Union protest against unemployment turns violent in Brussels". Reuters. 4 April 2014.
4. "Brussels fatal gun attack at Jewish museum". BBC News. 24 May 2014.
5. Laura Smith-Spark; Elwyn Lopez; Pierre Meilhan (24 May 2014). "3 dead in shooting at Jewish Museum of Belgium". CNN.
6. "MH17: alle belgen geïdentificeerd" (in Dutch). VTM Nieuws. 5 Dec 2014.
7. Jon Henley (4 August 2014). "Europe's leaders hail ties of peace as they mark first world war centenary". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
8. Leo Cendrowicz (10 October 2014). "Belgium's 'kamikaze coalition' to be sworn in 138 days after elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
9. "Brussels protests end in violence". The Guardian. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
10. "Strikes across Belgium cause transport chaos". BBC News. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
11. Mark Wohlwender (24 August 2014). "F1: The Belgian Grand Prix 2014". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.