1966 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1966 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1966 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Pierre Harmel (until 19 March), Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 19 March)

Events

Cars parked on the Grand-Place in Brussels

• 31 January – Clashes between gendarmes and demonstrators from the closing Zwartberg mine leave two colliers dead. ^[2]
• 10 February – Belgium ratifies London Fisheries Convention.
• 11 February – Pierre Harmel proffers his resignation as prime minister due to internal policy divisions in his Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition. ^[3]
• 15 February to 9 May – Women at FN Herstal strike for equal pay. ^[4]
• 15 March – London Fisheries Convention regulating fisheries in the North Sea comes into force.
• 19 March – Paul Vanden Boeynants takes office at the head of a Christian Democrat–Liberal coalition. ^[5]
• 11 May – Real Madrid defeat FK Partizan in the 1966 European Cup Final at the Heysel Stadium.
• 13 May
  • Belgian bishops issue a declaration rejecting calls to remove the French-language section of the Catholic University of Leuven from the city of Leuven. ^[6]
  • Elizabeth II visits Langemark to pay her respects at the Saint Julien Memorial to Canadian soldiers of the First World War. ^[7]
• 2 June – Demonstration in Brussels in support of equal pay for equal work. ^[8]

Publications

• OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union. ^[9]

Art

• René Magritte La Décalcomanie

Births

• 26 January – Conny Aerts, astrophysicist
• 25 April – Eliane Tillieux, politician
• 3 July – Isabelle Emmery, politician ^[10]
• 9 July – Amélie Nothomb, novelist
• 15 July – Elisa Brune, writer and journalist (died 2018)
• 6 September – Joachim Coens, politician and businessman
• 27 October – Nathalie Loriers, jazz musician
• 5 December – Patrick Ouchène, singer
• 16 December – Fatima Lamarti, politician ^[11]

Deaths

• 4 January – Georges Theunis (born 1873), former Prime Minister
• 8 January – Marthe Cnockaert (born 1892), spy
• 10 March – Émile Coulonvaux (born 1892), politician
• 29 March – Albert-Édouard Janssen (born 1883), politician and banker
• 19 April – Albert Servaes (born 1883), painter
• 20 June – Georges Lemaître (born 1894), priest and astrophysicist
• 19 August – François Demol (born 1895), footballer
• 5 December – Sylvère Maes (born 1909), racing cyclist
• 29 December – Pierre Nothomb (born 1887), writer and politician

References

1. "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. Lode Vanoost (29 January 2016). "50 jaar geleden: rijkswacht doodt mijnwerkers Zwartberg". De Wereld Morgen.
3. La crise gouvernementale en Belgique (février-mars 1966) (I), Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 314 (1966) 7, pp. 1-21.
4. Catherine Hoskyns, Integrating Gender: Women, Law and Politics in the European Union (London and New York, Verso Books, 1996), pp. 65-68.
5. La crise gouvernementale en Belgique (février-mars 1966) (II), Courrier hebdomadaire du CRISP, 315 (1966) 8, pp. 1-21.
6. "1966 Leuven Vlaams". ugentmemorie.be. Ghent University.
7. "Langemark: bezoek Koningin Elisabeth II op 13 mei 1966". westhoekverbeeldt.be.
8. ""L'écart salarial entre hommes et femmes ne sera pleinement comblé que dans 70 ans" selon l'OIT". rtbf.be. RTBF. Belga. 7 March 2016.
9. OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1966. October 1966. ISBN   9789264136830.
10. "Isabelle Emmery". www.lachambre.be. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
11. "De Kamerleden: Fatima Lamarti" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Chamber of Representatives . Retrieved 10 September 2024.