1951 in Belgium

The following events happened during 1951 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch –
 * Leopold III (until 16 July), with Prince Baudouin as regent
 * Baudouin (from 17 July)
 * Prime Minister – Joseph Pholien

Events

 * 9 to 10 January – Eisenhower in Belgium.
 * 31 January – Belgian contingent of the United Nations Command for the Korean War disembark at Busan.
 * 18 April – Treaty of Paris signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community with Belgium as a member.
 * 25 April – Pope Pius XII makes the Church of Our Lady of Tongre in Chièvres a minor basilica.
 * 16 July – Royal Question culminates with the formal abdication of King Leopold III
 * 17 July – Baudouin sworn in as King.
 * 14 October – Relics of Saint Albert of Leuven installed in Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
 * 5 December – Migration Conference in Brussels adopts the resolution establishing Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe.

Art and architecture

 * Sculpture
 * Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim (Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum)
 * Alfred Courtens, Equestrian Statue of Albert I, Brussels

Births

 * 5 April – Frank Moulaert, Flemish academic
 * 10 June – Lucien De Brauwere, cyclist (died 2020)

Deaths

 * 20 December – Valerius Coucke (born 1888), biblical scholar