1960 in Belgium

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Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:Other events of 1960
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1960 in Belgium.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

  • 30 June – Belgian Congo becomes independent Republic of the Congo.
  • 1 November – Treaty establishing Benelux Economic Union comes into force, providing for the free movement of persons, goods, capital and services between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.[2]
  • 15 December – King Baudouin marries Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in Brussels.

Art and architecture[]

Paintings

Births[]

  • 15 April – Prince Philippe
  • 12 July – Walter De Donder, actor and politician

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  2. ^ H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 978.
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