1995 in Luxembourg

yearbox
in? = in Luxembourg
cp = 19th century
c = 20th century
cf = 21st century
yp1 = 1992
yp2 = 1993
yp3 = 1994
year = 1995
ya1 = 1996
ya2 = 1997
ya3 = 1998
dp3 = 1960s
dp2 = 1970s
dp1 = 1980s
d = 1990s
da = 0
dn1 = 2000s
dn2 = 2010s
dn3 = 2020s

Incumbents

Events

January - March

* 1 January – Luxembourg City becomes European City of Culture for 1995.
* 20 January – Jacques Santer resigns his position as Prime Minister. He take up his new post as President of the European Commission three days later. Jean-Claude Juncker takes Santer's place.
* 26 January – Jean-Claude Juncker forms a new government, with Jacques Poos as his deputy.
* 22 February – At football, Luxembourg beats Malta 1-0, recording Luxembourg's first victory in international football since 1980.
* 26 March – The Schengen Agreement comes into force.

April - June

* 25 May – CS Grevenmacher and Jeunesse Esch draw in the final of the Luxembourg Cup, 1-1 after extra time, forcing the game to go to a replay.
* 7 June – The national football team shocks the Czech Republic by winning 1-0 in the qualifying round of the 1996 European Championship: a competition in which the Czechs would reach the final.
* 11 June – CS Grevenmacher win the Luxembourg Cup, beating Jeunesse Esch 3-2 in the replay.
* Unknown – Switzerland's Rolf Järmann wins the 1995 Tour de Luxembourg.

July - September

* 31 July – A law is passed giving the go-ahead to the construction of the "Liaison avec le Sarre", extending the A13 to the German border.
* 6 September – The national football team again beats Malta 1-0. This would be the last Luxembourgian international victory until 2007.

October - December

* 13 October – The National Literature Centre opens in Mersch.
* 19 October – SES Astra launches its fifth satellite, Astra 1E.

Deaths

* 18 January – Roger Gilson, cyclist
* 2 May – Albert Bousser, politician