1956 in Belgium

← 1955 1954 1953 1956 in Belgium → 1957 1958 1959
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1956 List of years in Belgium

Events from the year 1956 in Belgium

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Achille Van Acker

Events[]

• 7 June – Labour Treaty signed at The Hague establishing free movement of labour between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to come into force 1 November 1960.^[1]
• 8 August – Mining accident of Marcinelle claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian foreign workers

Publications[]

• L. Petilllon, Belgium's Policy in the Belgian Congo (New York, Belgian Government Information Center)^[2]

Births[]

• 19 June – Mireille Versele, cystic fibrosis campaigner (died 1982)
• 23 September – Serge Noël, poet (died 2020)

Deaths[]

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References[]

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