1946 in Luxembourg

← 1945 1944 1943 1946 in Luxembourg → 1947 1948 1949
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1946 List of years in Luxembourg

Incumbents

Events

April – June

• 17 April – Luxembourg signs a convention with France and Belgium to place the Luxembourg railway network in the hands of the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, in which France and Belgium each take a 24.5% stake.^[1]
• 29 April – The Mayor of Luxembourg City, Gaston Diderich, dies in office and is succeeded by Émile Hamilius.
• 14 May – Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois is founded.^[2]
• 13 June – Charles Marx dies in a car crash. He was replaced in the government by Dominique Urbany eight days later.^[3]

July – September

• 14 July – Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Luxembourg for two days.^[2]
• 29 August – In a cabinet reshuffle, the independent Guillaume Konsbruck is replaced by the CSV's Lambert Schaus.^[3]

October – December

• 28 November – Former Prime Minister Pierre Prüm is sentenced to four years in prison for collaboration with Nazi Germany.^[4]

Births

• 2 January – Fernand Diederich, politician
• 6 January – Victor Gillen, member of the Council of State^[5]
• 17 January – Jean-Jacques Kasel, jurist
• 18 January – Guy Lenz, soldier
• 22 February – Marc Fischbach, politician
• 6 April – Mario Hirsch, journalist
• 7 April – Léon Krier, architect
• 4 December – Pierre Even, composer

Deaths

• 29 April – Gaston Diderich, politician
• 13 June – Charles Marx, politician
• 24 October – Hubert Loutsch, politician and former Prime Minister

Footnotes

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.