• Source: 2016 in Belgium

Events in the year 2016 in Belgium.




Incumbents


Monarch: Philippe
Prime Minister: Charles Michel




Events


January
30 January – Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche is caught concealing a motor and battery in her bicycle during the under-23 women's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder. She was found guilty of "technological fraud", the world's first case of mechanical doping in cycling.
February
6 February – 6th Magritte Awards to recognise achievement in the film industry held in Brussels
March
22 March – 2016 Brussels bombings cause 34 deaths
25 March – 2016 E3 Harelbeke (one-day cycling classic)
27 March – 2016 Gent–Wevelgem (one-day cycling classic)
April
3 April – 2016 Tour of Flanders (one-day cycling classic)
June
5 June – Hermalle-sous-Huy train collision
August
6 August – 2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers: a man attacks two policewomen with a machete
28 August – Nico Rosberg wins the Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.
October
5 October – 2016 stabbing of Brussels police officers: man stabs three police officers
November
19 November – Jozef De Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, appointed cardinal.
30 November – UNESCO lists beer culture in Belgium as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
December
4 December – Lode Aerts consecrated as bishop of Bruges




Deaths


6 February – Eddy Wally (born 1932), singer.
27 March – Antoine Demoitié (born 1990), cyclist.
21 May – Gaston Berghmans (born 1926), actor and comedian.
25 July - Paskal Deboosere (born 1962), radio and television host.
18 August – Jan van Cauwelaert (born 1914), bishop.
22 August - Toots Thielemans (born 1922), jazz musician.
20 October - Roger Lallemand (born 1932), politician.
4 November - Hubert van Herreweghen (born 1920), poet.
6 November - Marc Sleen (born 1922), comics artist.
2 December - Paul de Wispelaere (born 1928), poet and novelist.
13 December - Patrick Derochette (born 1964), criminal.




See also


2016 in Belgian television




References

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