2005 in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 2005 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Years in Luxembourg: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Centuries: 20th century · 21st century · 22nd century
Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Incumbents

Position Incumbent
Grand Duke Henri
Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker
Deputy Prime Minister Jean Asselborn
President of the Chamber of Deputies Lucien Weiler
President of the Council of State Pierre Mores
Mayor of Luxembourg City Paul Helminger

Events

January – March

April – June

July – September

  • 1 July – Luxembourg's six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union comes to a close.
  • 10 July – A referendum on the ratification of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe is accepted with 56.52% of the vote.
  • 27 July – Cargolux announces its intention to buy ten Boeing 747-8s, with options on ten more.
  • 7 August – The 2005-06 season of the National Division kicks off.
  • 12 September – Skype accepts a takeover offer from eBay of 1.9bn in cash and a potential €1.5bn in earn out.
  • 18 September – Kim Kirchen wins the 2005 Tour de Pologne.
  • 23 September – Luxembourg's largest music venue, the Rockhal, is opened in Esch-sur-Alzette, in the south of the country.[2]

October – December

Deaths

  • 10 January – Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
  • 29 January – Jean Hangen, clergyman
  • 9 April – Jean Schoos, historian
  • 12 April – Joseph Brebsom, politician
  • 4 June – Jeannot Bewing, sculptor
  • 16 July – Camillo Felgen, actor and singer
  • 13 August – Nelly Stein, politician
  • 16 October – Marcel Jander, actor and singer
  • 6 December – Charly Gaul, cyclist

Footnotes

  1. "Membres depuis 1857" (in French). Council of State. Archived from the original on 2009-11-03. Retrieved 2009-04-05.
  2. "Inauguration de la Rockhal". Service Information et Presse. 23 September 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-06-27. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
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