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The following lists events that happened during
1956 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
.
Incumbents
Position
Incumbent
Grand Duke
Charlotte
[1]
Prime Minister
Joseph Bech
President of the Chamber of Deputies
Émile Reuter
President of the Council of State
Félix Welter
Mayor of Luxembourg City
Émile Hamilius
Events
January – March
April – June
9 May –
Princess Elisabeth
marries
Franz, Duke of Hohenberg
.
[2]
24 May – Representing Luxembourg,
Michèle Arnaud
appears in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1958
with the song
Ne crois pas
. No rankings are stated except the winner:
Lys Assia
of
Switzerland
.
10 June –
Charly Gaul
wins the
1956 Giro d'Italia
.
July – September
27 July - The
Constitution of Luxembourg
is amended to make the terms of all members of the
Chamber of Deputies
expire on the first Sunday of June 1959. As a result, all members would be elected at the same time, rather than in
partial elections
.
October – December
29 September - Entry into service of the
electrified railway
lines between
Luxembourg City
and
Thionville
, and Luxembourg City and
Arlon
.
[3]
25 October - The
Constitution of Luxembourg
is amended in two places to allow for the delegation of constitutional powers to international organisations, in preparation for the creation of the
European Economic Community
.
27 October - The
Saar Treaty
is signed in Luxembourg, allowing for the transfer of the
Saarland
to
West Germany
.
Births
22 March –
Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
11 May -
Claude Lenners
, composer
13 August –
Gast Waltzing
, musician
5 September –
Marianne Majerus
, photographer
13 September –
Lucien Lux
, politician
16 October –
François Bausch
, politician
17 November –
Gaston Reinig
, soldier and
Chief of Defence
Deaths
13 March –
Albert Simon
, illustrator
21 October –
Joseph Laurent Philippe
, bishop
Footnotes
^
"Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica"
.
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
10 December
2022
.
^
Steinberg, S. (26 December 2016).
The Statesman's Year-Book 1964-65: The One-Volume ENCYCLOPAEDIA of all nations
. Springer. p. 1223.
ISBN
978-0-230-27093-0
.
^
Thewes (2006), p. 147
References
Thewes, Guy (2006).
Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848
(PDF)
(in French) (2006 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse.
ISBN
978-2-87999-156-6
. Retrieved
12 December
2009
.
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