Events from the year 1949 in Belgium
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Incumbents
edit- Monarch: Leopold III, with Prince Charles as regent
- Prime Minister:
- Paul-Henri Spaak (to 11 August)
- Gaston Eyskens (from 11 August)
Events
edit- 4 April – Paul-Henri Spaak signs the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.[1]
- 26 June – 1949 Belgian general election; first in which women fully enfranchised[2]
Publications
edit- Léon Kochnitzky, Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)[3]
- Charles Leirens, Belgian Music (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)[4]
Births
edit- 17 February – Peter Piot, microbiologist
- 24 March – Richard Biefnot, politician (died 2020)
- 21 November – Willy Vande Walle, Japanologist
Deaths
edit- 15 January – Lu Zhengxiang (born 1871), diplomat, politician and monk
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1949 in Belgium.
- ^ "Paul-Henri Spaak at the signing ceremony of the North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, D.C. [4 APR 1949]". YouTube (in French). NATO History. 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Le droit de vote des femmes belges a 75 ans". La Libre. Belga. 21 June 2024. p. 3.
- ^ "Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone". 1949.
- ^ "Belgian Music". 1949.