1960 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens

  Events

• 30 June – Belgian Congo becomes independent Republic of the Congo.
• 1 November – Treaty establishing Benelux Economic Union comes into force, providing for the free movement of persons, goods, capital and services between Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
• 15 December – King Baudouin marries Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in Brussels.

  Art and architecture

• René Magritte, Les mémoires d'un saint

  Births

• 15 April – Prince Philippe

  Deaths