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Belgium in 1934

Historical records for Belgium in 1934, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records
7Events
5Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

February

23 February 1934SuccessionLeopold III

House / House of Saxe-Coburg

Succeeds as King of Belgium

November

20 November 1934End of Second de Broqueville GovernmentCharles de Broqueville

Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

The Second de Broqueville Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.

20 November 1934Second Georges Theunis GovernmentGeorges Theunis

Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Begins the Second Georges Theunis Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Other Events

1934Cosmic-Radiation Origin TheoryGeorges Lemaitre

Leuven · Science / Cosmology

Connects cosmic rays with processes in the early expanding universe.

1934Death of Albert IAlbert I

House / House of Saxe-Coburg

Death of Albert I, climbing accident

1934Evolution of the Expanding UniverseGeorges Lemaitre

Leuven · Science / Cosmology

Develops the primeval-atom model with radioactive cosmic evolution.

1934Vacuum Energy InterpretationGeorges Lemaitre

Relativistic Cosmology · Science / Astronomy

Lemaitre relates the cosmological constant to an energy density of empty space, anticipating the modern vacuum-energy interpretation of dark energy.

Names involved

Albert ICharles de BroquevilleGeorges LemaitreGeorges TheunisLeopold III

Places involved

BrusselsLeuvenRelativistic Cosmology

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.