1967 in Belgium

Events in the year 1967 in Belgium.

← 1966 1965 1964 1967 in Belgium → 1968 1969 1970
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	Other events of 1967 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
• Prime Minister: Paul Vanden Boeynants

Events

• 13 February – Nocturnal explosion at the law courts on Burg Square damages the stained glass windows of the Basilica of the Holy Blood.^[2]
• 1 May – Walter Godefroot wins 1967 Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycling race.
• 22 May – L'Innovation Department Store fire in Brussels.
• 10 October – Belgian Judicial Code adopted.
• 16 October – New NATO headquarters in Brussels inaugurated.^[3]

Publications

• Georges Simenon, Le Chat

Art and architecture

Films

• Luc de Heusch (dir.), Jeudi on chantera comme dimanche

Births

• 7 May – Roberto d'Amico, politician^[4]
• 10 May – Ilse Uyttersprot, politician (died 2020)
• 21 May – Alain Yzermans, politician^[5]

Deaths

• 15 August – René Magritte (born 1898), artist
• 27 December — Marguerite Lefèvre (born 1894), geographer

References

1. "Baudouin I, king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica.
2. "Zicht op de glasramen van de Heilig-Bloedkapel". erfgoedbrugge.be (in Dutch). City of Bruges.
3. "50th anniversary of NATO in Belgium". YouTube. NATO History. 6 October 2017.
4. "Les Députés: Roberto D'Amico" (in French). Brussels, Belgium: Chamber of Representatives. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
5. "De Kamerleden: Alain Yzermans" (in Dutch). Brussels, Belgium: Chamber of Representatives. Retrieved 12 September 2024.