1955 in Belgium

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See also:	Other events of 1955 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1955 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Baudouin^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• 26 March – Mass demonstration in Brussels against Socialist–Liberal education bill.^[3]
• 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.^[4]
• 6 May – Paris Protocol transforming the Brussels Pact into the Western European Union comes into effect.^[5]: 905
• 16 May – King Baudouin arrives in Belgian Congo for a royal tour of the colony.^[6][7][8]
• 13 June – Education bill passes in lower house.^[2]
• 10 July – Over a quarter of a million demonstrate in Brussels against Socialist–Liberal education policy.^[2][9]
• 21 July – Education bill passes in senate.^[2]
• 5 November – Convention establishing the Interparliamentary Consultative Council of the Benelux.^[5]: 978

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].^[10]

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

References

1. "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. Lize Haagdorens, De mobilisatie van de katholieke zuil in de schoolstrijd tijdens het eerste jaar van de regering Van Acker (mei 1954–juli 1955), Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis, 15:1-2 (1984), pp. 3-70.
3. "40 Hurt in Brussels Riots (1955)". youtube.com. British Pathé. 13 April 2013.
4. "About CBTI-BKVT".
5. H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968)
6. Leonard Ingalls (17 May 1955). "Congo Welcomes Belgian Monarch". New York Times.
7. "King Baudouin Leaves For Belgian Congo (1955)". youtube.com. British Pathé. 13 April 2014.
8. "King Baudouin in the Belgian Congo (1955)". youtube.com. British Movietone. 21 July 2015.
9. "Brussels: Catholics Demonstrate (1955)". youtube.com. British Pathé. 13 April 2013.
10. "Introducing Belgium [The Atlantic Community Series - NATO Documentaries, 1955]". YouTube. NATO History. 9 May 2019.