Events in the year 1962 in Belgium.
Incumbents
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.[2]
- 1 July – Ruanda-Urundi becomes independent Republic of Rwanda and Kingdom of Burundi
- 14 October – Rioting in Brussels between Flemish nationalist and Francophone demonstrators.[3]
Art and architecture
- Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage moves to its new building.
Births
- 8 February – Goedele Vermeiren, politician
- 16 February – Patrick Davin, conductor (died 2020)
- 10 February – Els De Temmerman, journalist
- 17 March – Wim Henderickx, composer (died 2022)
- 28 April – Maggie De Block, politician
- 29 April – Christine Defraigne, politician
- 10 May – Gerda Dendooven, illustrator
- 12 July – Dixie Dansercoer, explorer (died 2021)
- 22 July – Pieter De Crem, politician
- 11 August – Anna Callebaut, cyclist
- 29 September - Rita Bellens, politician
- 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 (born 1909), composer
- 26 February – Maurice Emile Marie Goetghebuer (born 1876), entomologist
- 27 February – Albéric Collin (born 1886), sculptor
- 2 March – Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin (born 1866), mathematician
- 1 April – Michel de Ghelderode (born 1898), dramatist
- 17 July – Hendrik De Vocht (born 1878), scholar
- 20 July – André Renard (born 1911), trade unionist
- 7 August – Filip De Pillecyn (born 1891), writer
- 13 August – Jean Cuvelier (born 1882), missionary bishop
- 30 September – Anne de Borman (born 1881), tennis player
- 28 October – Pierre Froidebise (born 1914), organist
- 21 December – Fernand Rigaux (born 1905), astronomer
References
- ^ "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ^ J. Paxton (ed.), The Statesman's Yearbook (1987), p. 196.
- ^ "20 Wounded in Brussels Word Riots". Chicago Tribune. 15 October 1962. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1962 in Belgium.
This page was last edited on 22 December 2022, at 23:26