# 1955 in Belgium

Events in the year 1955 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Baudouin
* Prime Minister – Achille Van Acker

## Events

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

## Publications
### Comics

* Edgar P. Jacobs, Le Mystère de la Grande Pyramide, Tome 2 (the fifth comic book in the Blake and Mortimer series)

## Art and architecture
### Paintings

* René Magritte, The Mysteries of the Horizon

### Films

* André Cauvin (dir.), Bwana Kitoko
* Ytzen Brusse (dir.), Introducing Belgium [The Atlantic Community Series].

## Births

* 16 January – Martin De Prycker, engineer
* 16 March – Linda Lepomme, singer
* 26 April – Frieda Van Themsche, politician
* 24 May – Philippe Lafontaine, singer
* 8 June – Philippe Vlerick, businessman
* 3 July – Maria Herrijgers, cyclist
* 6 July – Johan Vande Lanotte, politician
* 9 July – Alexandra Colen, politician
* 24 July – Joseph Reynaerts, singer (died 2020)
* 5 August – Daniel Ost, gardener
* 18 August – André Flahaut, politician
* 27 August – Kristien Hemmerechts, writer
* 29 August – Frank Hoste, cyclist
* 10 September – Jean-Pierre Vande Velde, footballer
* 2 October – Michel Wintacq, footballer
* 13 October – Patrick Dewael, politician
* 18 October – Jean-Pierre Hautier, television presenter (died 2012)
* 21 October – Frank Vandenbroucke, politician
* 3 November – Michel Renquin, footballer
* 27 November – Alain De Roo, cyclist
* 4 December – Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande, cyclist
* 6 December – Piet Vanthemsche, veterinary surgeon
* 18 December – André Geerts, comics creator (died 2010)

## Deaths

* 24 January – Charles Deruyter (born 1890), cyclist
* 13 February – Raoul Henkart (born 1907), fencer
* 19 February – Marcel Dubois (born 1886), wrestler
* 21 February – Emmanuel Janssen (born 1879), industrialist
* 8 March – Princess Clémentine of Belgium (born 1872)
* 21 March – Octave Dierckx (born 1882), politician
* 16 April – Robert, 7th Duke d'Ursel (born 1873), politician
* 7 June – Alfred Bastien (born 1873), war artist
* 5 July – Gustave Magnel (born 1889), engineer
* 3 August – Fernand Faniard (born 1894), opera singer
* 9 August – Henri Verhavert (born 1874), gymnast
* 3 September – Léon Halkin (born 1872), historian
* 16 October – Charles Cambier (born 1884), footballer
* 19 October – Eugène Joseph Delporte (born 1882), astronomer
* 13 November – Jacques Feyerick (born 1874), athlete
* 22 December – Jules-Émile Verschaffelt (born 1870), physicist