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]
• Le Mont des Oliviers (The Mountain of Olive Trees), novel by Marie-Thérèse Bodart ^[3]

Births

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

Deaths

Main article: Deaths in 1956

Further information: Category:1956 deaths

References

1. Daniel C. Turack, "Freedom of Movement and the Travel Document in Benelux", International and Comparative Law Quarterly , 17:1 (Jan. 1968), pp. 197-198.
2. "Belgiums Policy in the Belgian Congo". New York; Belgian Government Information Center. 1956.
3. Burniaux, Robert; Frickx, Robert (1980). La littérature belge d'expression française[French-Language Belgian Literature] (in French) (2nd ed.). Paris: Presses Universitaires de France. p. 86. ISBN   2130362834.