• Source: 1955 in Belgium

Events in the year 1955 in Belgium.




Incumbents


Monarch – Baudouin
Prime Minister – Achille Van Acker




Events



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.: 905 
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.: 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].




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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Roland Verhavert
• Rik Kuypers
• Albert II dari Belgia
• Febrian Alphyanto Ruddyard
• Soekirman
• Yamaha Motor Company
• Pangeran Lorenz dari Belgia, Adipati Agung Austria-Este
• Tim nasional sepak bola Luksemburg
• Doornzele
• Tim nasional sepak bola Yunani
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• Prince Lorenz of Belgium
• 1955–56 Belgian First Division
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