1971 in Luxembourg

← 1970 1969 1968 1971 in Luxembourg → 1972 1973 1974
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1971 List of years in Luxembourg

The following lists events that happened during 1971 in Luxembourg.

Incumbents

Position	Incumbent
Grand Duke	Jean
Prime Minister	Pierre Werner
Deputy Prime Minister	Eugène Schaus
President of the Chamber of Deputies	Pierre Grégoire
President of the Council of State	Maurice Sevenig
Mayor of Luxembourg City	Colette Flesch

Events

• 13 February – Jean Hengen replaces the retiring Léon Lommel as Bishop of Luxembourg.
• 3 April – Representing Luxembourg, Monique Melsen finishes thirteenth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 with the song Pomme, Pomme, Pomme.
• 12 November – A law is passed granting wives the right to enter into legal agreements without the consent of their husbands.^[1]

Births

• 27 November – Claude Meisch, politician
• 26 December – Tom Bimmermann, composer

Deaths

• 7 March – Émile Hamilius, politician
• 1 May – Jängi Hopp, actor
• 4 July – Bernard Simminger, writer
• Unknown – Alphonse Neyens, politician

Footnotes

1. Thewes (2006), p. 180

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.