1949 in Belgium

Events from the year 1949 in Belgium

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Leopold III, with Prince Charles as regent
 * Prime Minister:
 * Paul-Henri Spaak (to 11 August)
 * Gaston Eyskens (from 11 August)

Events

 * 4 April – Paul-Henri Spaak signs the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
 * 26 June – 1949 Belgian general election

Publications

 * Léon Kochnitzky, Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)
 * Charles Leirens, Belgian Music (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)

Births

 * 17 February – Peter Piot, microbiologist
 * 24 March – Richard Biefnot, politician (died 2020)
 * 21 November – Willy Vande Walle, Japanologist

Deaths

 * 15 January – Lu Zhengxiang (born 1871), diplomat, politician and monk