1959 in Belgium

Events from the year 1959 in Belgium

← 1958 1957 1956 1959 in Belgium → 1960 1961 1962
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1959 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens

Events

• 2 July – Marriage of Prince Albert and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels

Publications

• Commercial information relative to the principal products of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (Brussels, Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi)

Births

Main article: births in 1959

Further information: Category:1959 births

• August 7 – Koenraad Elst, Belgian Indologist

Deaths

• 9 February – Nand Geersens (born 1895), broadcaster