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.
 * 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.

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