1985 in Luxembourg

Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Andreotti speaking to journalists at the European Community meeting in Luxembourg in December 1985

← 1984 1983 1982 1985 in Luxembourg → 1986 1987 1988
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	History of Luxembourg List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1985 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean[1]
Prime Minister	Jacques Santer
Deputy Prime Minister	Jacques Poos
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Léon Bollendorff
President of the Council of State	François Goerens
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Lydie Polfer

Events

January – March

• 4 January – Luxembourger Gaston Thorn's term as President of the European Commission comes to an end.^[2]
• 1 March – SES is established as Europe's first commercial satellite operator.

April – June

• 5 April – A fire erupts at Notre-Dame Cathedral, in Luxembourg City, destroying the belfry and damaging the roof of the nave.
• 24 April – Representing Luxembourg, Ireen Sheer, Margo, Franck Olivier, Chris & Malcolm Roberts, and Diane Solomon finish thirteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 with the song Children, Kinder, Enfants.
• 15 May – Pope John Paul II arrives in Luxembourg for a two-day visit.^[3]
• 1 June – Paul Philipp is appointed head coach of the Luxembourg national football team.
• 14 June – The Schengen Agreement is signed at Schengen, in south-eastern Luxembourg, with the intention of removing border controls between signatory states.

July – September

• 1 July - Luxembourg assumes the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the following six months.^[4]

October – December

• 17 October – Reconstruction work is completed on Notre-Dame Cathedral, after fire damaged the cathedral on 5 April.

Births

• 16 June – Andy Schleck, cyclist

Deaths

• 24 April – François Neuens, cyclist
• 9 July – Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg^[5]
• 8 November – Nicolas Frantz, cyclist

Footnotes

1. East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (3 June 2014). Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders. Routledge. p. 359. ISBN 978-1-317-63939-8.
2. Thewes (2011), p. 191
3. Thewes (2011), p. 208
4. Thewes (2011), p. 206
5. "Charlotte | grand duchess of Luxembourg | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2022.

References

• Thewes, Guy (2011). Les gouvernements du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg depuis 1848 (PDF) (in French) (2011 ed.). Luxembourg City: Service Information et Presse. ISBN 978-2-87999-156-6. Retrieved 1 May 2026.