1956 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Achille Van Acker

  Events

• 7 June – Labour Treaty signed at The Hague establishing free movement of labour between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, to come into force 1 November 1960.
• 8 August – Mining accident of Marcinelle claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian foreign workers

  Publications

• L. Petilllon, Belgium's Policy in the Belgian Congo

  Births

Deaths