1934 in Belgium

Decades:	1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s;
See also:	Other events of 1934; List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1934 in Belgium.

Incumbents[edit]

Monarch – Albert I (until 17 February); Leopold III (from 23 February)

Prime Minister – Charles de Broqueville (to 20 November); Georges Theunis (from 20 November)

6 January – First electrified railway between Brussels and Antwerp taken into use.^[1]^: 833
22 February – Funeral of King Albert I.^[1]^: 834
23 February – Leopold III sworn in as King, following the death of his father Albert I, on 17 February.^[1]^: 834
28 March – Socialist savings bank Bank van de Arbeid goes bankrupt.^[1]^: 833
16 May – Firedamp explosion in Fief-de-Lambrechies and Pâturages kills 57.^[1]^: 835
31 May – Law on languages in law cases passes Parliament.^[1]^: 833
13 November – De Broqueville government resigns.^[1]^: 834
20 November – New government led by Georges Theunis takes office.^[1]^: 835
26 November – Meteorite impact near Roisin.^[1]^: 833

Henry De Vocht, Monumenta Humanistica Lovaniensia: Texts and Studies about Louvain Humanists in the First Half of the XVIth Century

Belgium's first Dutch-language sound film, De Witte, screened in Antwerp (13 September).^[1]^: 835

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).