1976 in Belgium

Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans

Events

 * 3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek.
 * April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.
 * 16 May – Niki Lauda wins the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder
 * 22 June to 8 July – Longest heatwave recorded in Belgium, with 16 days of temperatures over 30°C.
 * 8 July – European People's Party founded in Brussels
 * 20 September – Brussels Metro opens.
 * 10 October – Municipal elections confirm the fusion of the Belgian municipalities, reducing the number of local governments from 2,359 to 589.

Publications

 * OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg.
 * Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)

Art and architecture

 * Buildings
 * Astro Tower, Brussels, completed.

Births

 * 18 January – Laurence Courtois, tennis player
 * 29 January – Belle Perez, singer
 * 27 February – Ludovic Capelle, cyclist
 * 3 March – Joos Valgaeren, footballer
 * 4 March – Regi Penxten, DJ
 * 11 June – Gaëtan Englebert, footballer
 * 17 June – Sven Nys, cyclist
 * 10 July – Wilfried Cretskens, cyclist
 * 12 July – Dave Bruylandts, cyclist
 * 26 August – Freya Piryns, politician
 * 19 November – Benny Vansteelant, athlete (died 2007)
 * 16 November – Mario Barravecchia, singer
 * 4 December – Mbo Mpenza, footballer
 * 11 December – Timmy Simons, footballer

Deaths

 * 6 January – Henry George (born 1891), cyclist
 * 28 January – Marcel Broodthaers (born 1924), artist
 * 17 February – Jean Servais (born 1910), actor
 * 16 March – Albert Lilar (born 1900), politician
 * 13 April – Gustave Danneels (born 1913), cyclist
 * 10 August – Fernand Dehousse (born 1906), politician
 * 29 December – Ivo Van Damme (born 1954), athlete