1951 in Belgium
The following events happened during 1951 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
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Incumbents
- Leopold III (to 16 July), with Prince Baudouin as regent
- Baudouin (from 17 July)
Events
- 9 to 10 January – Eisenhower in Belgium.[1]
- 31 January – Belgian contingent of the United Nations Command for the Korean War disembark at Busan.[2]
- 18 April – Treaty of Paris signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community with Belgium as a member.[3]
- 16 July – Royal Question culminates with the formal abdication of King Leopold III
- 17 July – Baudouin of Belgium sworn in as king.[4]
- 14 October – Relics of Saint Albert of Leuven installed in Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
- 5 December – Migration Conference in Brussels adopts the resolution establishing Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe.[5]
Art and architecture
Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim (1951)
- Sculpture
- Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim (Middelheim Open Air Sculpture Museum)
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References
- "Eisenhower in Brussels (1951)". British Pathé YouTube Channel. British Pathé. 13 April 2014.
- Albert Crahay, Les Belges en Coree, 1951–1955 (La Renaissance du livre, 1967), p. 8.
- H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968), p. 655.
- "Coronation of King Baudouin of Belgium (1951)". British Pathé YouTube Channel. 13 April 2014.
- Julinda Beqiraj, "Strengthening the cooperation between IOM and the EU in the field of migration", in Migration in the Mediterranean: Mechanisms of International Cooperation, edited by Francesca Ippolito and Seline Trevisanut (Cambridge University Press, 2016), p. 117.
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