1966 in Belgium
# 1966 in Belgium

Events in the year 1966 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

* Monarch: Baudouin
* Prime Minister: Pierre Harmel (until 19 March), Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 19 March)

## Events

* 31 January – Clashes between gendarmes and demonstrators from the closing Zwartberg mine leave two colliers dead.
* 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.
* 15 February to 9 May – Women at FN Herstal strike for equal pay.
* 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.
* 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.
   * Elizabeth II visits Langemark to pay her respects at the Saint Julien Memorial to Canadian soldiers of the First World War.
* 2 June – Demonstration in Brussels in support of equal pay for equal work.

## Publications

* OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union.

## Art

* René Magritte La Décalcomanie

## Births

* 26 January – Conny Aerts, astrophysicist
* 25 April – Eliane Tillieux, politician
* 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

## 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
* 5 December – Sylvère Maes (born 1909), racing cyclist
* 29 December – Pierre Nothomb (born 1887), writer and politician
