1955 in Belgium

1955
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:Other events of 1955
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1955 in Belgium.

Incumbents

MonarchBaudouin[1]
Prime MinisterAchille Van Acker

Events

A demonstration in Antwerp against the School Law
  • 9 February – Joint letter from the Belgian bishops calling on the government to revise its education policy.[2]
  • 26 March – Mass demonstration in Brussels against Socialist–Liberal education bill.[3]
  • 3 April – International friendly between the Dutch and Belgian national football teams in the Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam.
  • 6 May – Paris Protocol transforming the Brussels Pact into the Western European Union comes into effect.[4]:905
  • 16 May – King Baudouin arrives in Belgian Congo for a royal tour of the colony.[5][6][7]
  • 13 June – Education bill passes in lower house.[2]
  • 10 July – Over a quarter of a million demonstrate in Brussels against Socialist–Liberal education policy.[2][8]
  • 21 July – Education bill passes in senate.[2]
  • 5 November – Convention establishing the Interparliamentary Consultative Council of the Benelux.[4]:978

Publications

Comics

Art and architecture

Paintings
Films

Births

Deaths

References

  1. "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. Lize Haagdorens, De mobilisatie van de katholieke zuil in de schoolstrijd tijdens het eerste jaar van de regering Van Acker (mei 1954–juli 1955), Belgisch Tijdschrift voor Nieuwste Geschiedenis, 15:1-2 (1984), pp. 3-70.
  3. "40 Hurt in Brussels Riots (1955)". youtube.com. British Pathé. 13 April 2013.
  4. H.F. van Panhuys, L.J. Brinkhorst, and H.H. Maas (eds.), International Organisation and Integration (Deventer and Leyden, 1968)
  5. Leonard Ingalls (17 May 1955). "Congo Welcomes Belgian Monarch". New York Times.
  6. "King Baudouin Leaves For Belgian Congo (1955)". youtube.com. British Pathé. 13 April 2014.
  7. "King Baudouin in the Belgian Congo (1955)". youtube.com. British Movietone. 21 July 2015.
  8. "Brussels: Catholics Demonstrate (1955)". youtube.com. British Pathé. 13 April 2013.
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