1972 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens

  Events

• May 8 – Sabena Flight 571
• June 18 – UEFA Euro 1972 final tournament at Heysel Stadium
• November 12–14 – Cyclone Quimburga

  Publications

• Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 37.
• OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg Economic Union
• David Owen Kieft, Belgium's Return to Neutrality: An Essay in the Frustration of Small Power Diplomacy
• Robert Senelle, La révision de la Constitution, 1967-1971
• P. de Stexhe, La révision de la Constitution belge, 1968-1971
• P. Wigny, La troisième révision de la Constitution

  Deaths

• January 5 - Gérard Devos, footballer
• January 21 - André Fierens, footballer
• February 17 - François Devries, footballer
• March 30 - Raymond Decorte, cyclist
• April 17 - Jan Engels, cyclist
• June 5 - Louis Mottiat, cyclist
• December 20: Karel Kaers, cyclist