1951 in Belgium

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See also:Other events of 1951
List of years in Belgium

The following events happened during 1951 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Incumbents[]

Monarch –
  •  Leopold III (until 16 July), with Prince Baudouin as regent
  • Baudouin (from 17 July)
Prime Minister – Joseph Pholien

Events[]

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  • 9 to 10 January – Eisenhower in Belgium.[1]
  • 31 January – Belgian contingent of the United Nations Command for the Korean War disembark at Busan.[2]
  • 18 April – Treaty of Paris signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community with Belgium as a member.[3]
  • 25 April – Pope Pius XII makes the Church of Our Lady of Tongre in Chièvres a minor basilica.
  • 16 July – Royal Question culminates with the formal abdication of King Leopold III
  • 17 July – Baudouin of Belgium sworn in as king.[4]
  • 14 October – Relics of Saint Albert of Leuven installed in Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
  • 5 December – Migration Conference in Brussels adopts the resolution establishing Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe.[5]

Art and architecture[]

Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim (1951)
Sculpture
  • Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim (Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum)

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 20 December – Valerius Coucke (born 1888), biblical scholar

References[]

  1. ^ "Eisenhower in Brussels (1951)". British Pathé YouTube Channel. British Pathé. 13 April 2014.
  2. ^ Albert Crahay, Les Belges en Coree, 1951–1955 (La Renaissance du livre, 1967), p. 8.
  3. ^ H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 655.
  4. ^ "Coronation of King Baudouin of Belgium (1951)". British Pathé YouTube Channel. 13 April 2014.
  5. ^ Julinda Beqiraj, "Strengthening the cooperation between IOM and the EU in the field of migration", in Migration in the Mediterranean: Mechanisms of International Cooperation, edited by Francesca Ippolito and Seline Trevisanut (Cambridge University Press, 2016), p. 117.
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