1955 in Belgium

Events in the year 1955 in Belgium.

← 1954 1953 1952 1955 in Belgium → 1956 1957 1958
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1955 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch – Baudouin
• Prime Minister – Achille Van Acker

Events

A demonstration in Antwerp against the School Law

• 9 February – Joint letter from the Belgian bishops calling on the government to revise its education policy.
• 26 March – Mass demonstration in Brussels against Socialist–Liberal education bill.
• 3 April – International friendly between the Dutch and Belgian national football teams in the Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam.
• 16 April – Belgian Chamber of Translators and Interpreters is founded.
• 6 May – Paris Protocol transforming the Brussels Pact into the Western European Union comes into effect.
• 16 May – King Baudouin arrives in Belgian Congo for a royal tour of the colony.
• 13 June – Education bill passes in lower house.
• 10 July – Over a quarter of a million demonstrate in Brussels against Socialist–Liberal education policy.
• 21 July – Education bill passes in senate.
• 5 November – Convention establishing the Interparliamentary Consultative Council of the Benelux.

Publications

Comics

• Edgar P. Jacobs, Le Mystère de la Grande Pyramide, Tome 2 (the fifth comic book in the Blake and Mortimer series)

Art and architecture

Paintings

• René Magritte, The Mysteries of the Horizon

Films

• André Cauvin (dir.), Bwana Kitoko
• Ytzen Brusse (dir.), Introducing Belgium [The Atlantic Community Series].

Births

• 16 January – Martin De Prycker, engineer
• 16 March – Linda Lepomme, singer
• 26 April – Frieda Van Themsche, politician
• 24 May – Philippe Lafontaine, singer
• 8 June – Philippe Vlerick, businessman
• 3 July – Maria Herrijgers, cyclist
• 6 July – Johan Vande Lanotte, politician
• 9 July – Alexandra Colen, politician
• 24 July – Joseph Reynaerts, singer (died 2020)
• 5 August – Daniel Ost, gardener
• 18 August – André Flahaut, politician
• 27 August – Kristien Hemmerechts, writer
• 29 August – Frank Hoste, cyclist
• 10 September – Jean-Pierre Vande Velde, footballer
• 2 October – Michel Wintacq, footballer
• 13 October – Patrick Dewael, politician
• 18 October – Jean-Pierre Hautier, television presenter (died 2012)
• 21 October – Frank Vandenbroucke, politician
• 3 November – Michel Renquin, footballer
• 27 November – Alain De Roo, cyclist
• 4 December – Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande, cyclist
• 6 December – Piet Vanthemsche, veterinary surgeon
• 18 December – André Geerts, comics creator (died 2010)

Deaths

• 24 January – Charles Deruyter (born 1890), cyclist
• 13 February – Raoul Henkart (born 1907), fencer
• 19 February – Marcel Dubois (born 1886), wrestler
• 21 February – Emmanuel Janssen (born 1879), industrialist
• 8 March – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (born 1872)
• 21 March – Octave Dierckx (born 1882), politician
• 16 April – Robert, 7th Duke d'Ursel (born 1873), politician
• 7 June – Alfred Bastien (born 1873), war artist
• 5 July – Gustave Magnel (born 1889), engineer
• 3 August – Fernand Faniard (born 1894), opera singer
• 9 August – Henri Verhavert (born 1874), gymnast
• 3 September – Léon Halkin (born 1872), historian
• 16 October – Charles Cambier (born 1884), footballer
• 19 October – Eugène Joseph Delporte (born 1882), astronomer
• 13 November – Jacques Feyerick (born 1874), athlete
• 22 December – Jules-Émile Verschaffelt (born 1870), physicist