2016 in Belgium

Events in the year 2016 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Philippe
 * Prime Minister: Charles Michel

Events

 * January
 * 30 January – Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche is caught concealing a motor and battery in her bicycle during the under-23 women's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder. She was found guilty of "technological fraud", the world's first case of mechanical doping in cycling.


 * February
 * 6 February – 6th Magritte Awards to recognise achievement in the film industry held in Brussels


 * March
 * 22 March – 2016 Brussels bombings cause 34 deaths
 * 25 March – 2016 E3 Harelbeke (one-day cycling classic)
 * 27 March – 2016 Gent–Wevelgem (one-day cycling classic)


 * April
 * 3 April – 2016 Tour of Flanders (one-day cycling classic)


 * June
 * 5 June – Hermalle-sous-Huy train collision


 * August
 * 6 August – 2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers: a man attacks two policewomen with a machete
 * 28 August – Nico Rosberg wins the Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.


 * October
 * 5 October – 2016 stabbing of Brussels police officers: man stabs three police officers


 * November
 * 19 November – Jozef De Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, appointed cardinal.
 * 30 November – UNESCO lists beer culture in Belgium as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.


 * December
 * 4 December – Lode Aerts consecrated as bishop of Bruges

Deaths

 * 6 February – Eddy Wally (born 1932), singer.
 * 27 March – Antoine Demoitié (born 1990), cyclist.
 * 21 May – Gaston Berghmans (born 1926), actor and comedian.
 * 25 July - Paskal Deboosere (born 1962), radio and television host.
 * 18 August – Jan van Cauwelaert (born 1914), bishop.
 * 22 August - Toots Thielemans (born 1922), jazz musician.
 * 20 October - Roger Lallemand (born 1932), politician.
 * 4 November - Hubert van Herreweghen (born 1920), poet.
 * 6 November - Marc Sleen (born 1922), comics artist.
 * 2 December - Paul de Wispelaere (born 1928), poet and novelist.
 * 13 December - Patrick Derochette (born 1964), criminal.