1976 in Belgium

← 1975 1974 1973 1976 in Belgium → 1977 1978 1979
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See also:	Other events of 1976 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin[1]
• Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans

Events

Flooding in Ruisbroek, January 1976

• 3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek.[2]
• April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.[3]
• 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.[4]
• 8 July – European People's Party founded in Brussels
• 20 September – Brussels Metro opens.
• October – Local elections confirm the Fusion of the Belgian municipalities, reducing the number of local governments from 2,359 to 589.[5]

Publications

• OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg.[6]
• Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)

Art and architecture

Astro Tower, Brussels

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)
• 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

References

1. "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. Patrick Poppe (3 January 2016). "Ramp in Ruisbroek veertig jaar geleden". Gazet van Antwerpen.
3. The Environment of Human Settlements: Human Well-Being in Cities, edited by P. Laconte et al., vol. 1 (Oxford, Pergamon, 1976).
4. Philippe Mievis (3 June 2011). "L'été 1976: un été légendaire". meteobelgique.be.
5. Lina Pasquale (6 October 2018). "1976: des élections communales pas comme les autres". Le Soir (in French).
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=c1yQDwAAQBAJ