1976 in Belgium
# 1976 in Belgium

Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Baudouin
* Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans

## Events

* 3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek.
* April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.
* 16 May – Niki Lauda wins the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder
* 22 June to 8 July – Longest heatwave recorded in Belgium, with 16 days of temperatures over 30°C.
* 8 July – European People's Party founded in Brussels
* 20 September – Brussels Metro opens.
* 10 October – Municipal elections confirm the fusion of the Belgian municipalities, reducing the number of local governments from 2,359 to 589.

## Publications

* OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg.
* Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)

## Art and architecture

### Buildings

* Astro Tower, Brussels, completed.

## Births

* 18 January – Laurence Courtois, tennis player
* 29 January – Belle Perez, singer
* 27 February – Ludovic Capelle, cyclist
* 3 March – Joos Valgaeren, footballer
* 4 March – Regi Penxten, DJ
* 11 June – Gaëtan Englebert, footballer
* 17 June – Sven Nys, cyclist
* 10 July – Wilfried Cretskens, cyclist
* 12 July – Dave Bruylandts, cyclist
* 26 August – Freya Piryns, politician
* 19 November – Benny Vansteelant, athlete (died 2007)
* 16 November – Mario Barravecchia, singer
* 4 December – Mbo Mpenza, footballer
* 11 December – Timmy Simons, footballer

## Deaths

* 6 January – Henry George (born 1891), cyclist
* 28 January – Marcel Broodthaers (born 1924), artist
* 17 February – Jean Servais (born 1910), actor
* 16 March – Albert Lilar (born 1900), politician
* 13 April – Gustave Danneels (born 1913), cyclist
* 10 August – Fernand Dehousse (born 1906), politician
* 29 December – Ivo Van Damme (born 1954), athlete
