1966 in Belgium

Events in the year 1966 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Pierre Harmel (until 19 March), Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 19 March)

Events

 * 31 January – Clashes between gendarmes and demonstrators from the closing Zwartberg mine leave two colliers dead.
 * 10 February – Belgium ratifies London Fisheries Convention.
 * 11 February – Pierre Harmel proffers his resignation as prime minister due to internal policy divisions in his Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition.
 * 15 February to 9 May – Women at FN Herstal strike for equal pay.
 * 15 March – London Fisheries Convention regulating fisheries in the North Sea comes into force.
 * 19 March – Paul Vanden Boeynants takes office at the head of a Christian Democrat–Liberal coalition.
 * 11 May – Real Madrid defeat FK Partizan in the 1966 European Cup Final at the Heysel Stadium.
 * 13 May
 * Belgian bishops issue a declaration rejecting calls to remove the French-language section of the Catholic University of Leuven from the city of Leuven.
 * Elizabeth II visits Langemark to pay her respects at the Saint Julien Memorial to Canadian soldiers of the First World War.
 * 2 June – Demonstration in Brussels in support of equal pay for equal work.

Publications

 * OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union.

Art

 * René Magritte La Décalcomanie

Births

 * 26 January – Conny Aerts, astrophysicist
 * 25 April – Eliane Tillieux, politician
 * 9 July – Amélie Nothomb, novelist
 * 15 July – Elisa Brune, writer and journalist (died 2018)
 * 6 September – Joachim Coens, politician and businessman
 * 27 October – Nathalie Loriers, jazz musician
 * 5 December – Patrick Ouchène, singer

Deaths

 * 4 January – Georges Theunis (born 1873), former Prime Minister
 * 8 January – Marthe Cnockaert (born 1892), spy
 * 10 March – Émile Coulonvaux (born 1892), politician
 * 29 March – Albert-Édouard Janssen (born 1883), politician and banker
 * 19 April – Albert Servaes (born 1883), painter
 * 20 June – Georges Lemaître (born 1894), priest and astrophysicist
 * 19 August – François Demol (born 1895), footballer
 * 5 December – Sylvère Maes (born 1909), racing cyclist
 * 29 December – Pierre Nothomb (born 1887), writer and politician