1972 in Belgium

Events from the year 1972 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens

Events

 * 8 May – Sabena Flight 571 hijacking
 * 18 June – UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament at Heysel Stadium
 * 12 to 14 November – Cyclone Quimburga

Publications

 * Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 37 (supplement 9).
 * OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union
 * David Owen Kieft, Belgium's Return to Neutrality: An Essay in the Frustration of Small Power Diplomacy (Oxford, Clarendon Press)
 * Robert Senelle, La révision  de  la Constitution, 1967-1971 (Brussels, Ministère  des  affaires étrangères)
 * P. de Stexhe, La révision de la Constitution belge, 1968-1971 (Brussels and Namur, Larcier and Société d’études morales, sociales et juridiques)
 * P. Wigny, La troisième révision de la Constitution (Brussels, Bruylant)

Births

 * 1 February – Johan Walem, footballer
 * 28 March – Anja Lenaers, cyclist
 * 29 March – Jef Desmedt, equestrian
 * 6 May – Alain Maron, politician
 * 13 May – Stefaan Maene, swimmer
 * 24 May – Mimount Bousakla, politician
 * 26 May – Jef Aerts, author
 * 30 May – Swen Vincke, video game designer
 * 23 September – Sam Bettens, musician
 * 15 October – Sandra Kim, singer
 * 27 October – Anke Van dermeersch, beauty queen
 * 6 December – Alex Callier, musician

Deaths

 * 5 January – Gérard Devos, footballer
 * 21 January – André Fierens, footballer
 * 17 February – François Devries, footballer
 * 30 March – Raymond Decorte, cyclist
 * 17 April – Jan Engels, cyclist
 * 5 June – Louis Mottiat, cyclist
 * 7 July – Camille Tihon, archivist
 * 20 December – Karel Kaers, cyclist