1962 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Théo Lefèvre

  Events

• 12 April – Standard Liège play Real Madrid
• 30 April – Law on conscription to the armed forces institutes obligation of 8 months' service for all able-bodied men.
• 1 July – Ruanda-Urundi becomes independent Republic of Rwanda and Kingdom of Burundi
• 14 October – Rioting in Brussels between Flemish nationalist and Francophone demonstrators.

  Art and architecture

• Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage moves to its new building.

  Births

• 8 February – Goedele Vermeiren, politician
• 10 February – Els De Temmerman, journalist
• 28 April – Maggie De Block, politician
• 29 April – Christine Defraigne, politician
• 10 May – Gerda Dendooven, illustrator
• 12 July – Dixie Dansercoer, explorer
• 22 July – Pieter De Crem, politician
• 11 August – Anna Callebaut, cyclist
• 1 November – Hendrik Redant, cyclist
• 20 November – Thierry Hancisse, actor
• 7 December – Piet Huysentruyt, TV chef
• 14 December – Kathleen Vereecken, writer

  Deaths

• 12 January – Richard de Guide, composer
• 26 February – Maurice Emile Marie Goetghebuer, entomologist
• 27 February – Albéric Collin, sculptor
• 2 March – Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, mathematician
• 1 April – Michel de Ghelderode, dramatist
• 20 July – André Renard, trade unionist
• 7 August – Filip De Pillecyn, writer
• 13 August – Jean Cuvelier, missionary bishop
• 30 September – Anne de Borman, tennis player
• 28 October – Pierre Froidebise, organist
• 21 December – Fernand Rigaux, astronomer