1959 in Belgium explained

Events from the year 1959 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch

Baudouin

• Prime Minister

Gaston Eyskens

Events

• 2 July – Marriage of Prince Albert and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels

Publications

• Commercial information relative to the principal products of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (Brussels, Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi)^[1]

Births

• August 7 – Koenraad Elst, Belgian Indologist

Deaths

• 9 February – Nand Geersens (born 1895), broadcaster

Notes and References

1. Web site: Commercial information relative to the principal products of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi. 1959.