1996 in Belgium explained

Events from the year 1996 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch

Albert II

• Prime Minister

Jean-Luc Dehaene

Events

• 27 February – A multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the E17 near Nazareth, with 10 deaths the worst traffic accident in Belgium^[1]
• 13 August – Child-murderer Marc Dutroux arrested
• 20 October – White March: approximately 300,000 people demonstrate to protest police and judicial inefficiency and demand improved child protection in the wake of the Dutroux affair.

Publications

• David A. Boileau, Cardinal Mercier: A Memoir (Peeters)^[2]
• A. G. Papadopoulos, Urban Regimes and Strategies: Building Europe's Central Executive District in Brussels (University of Chicago Press)^[3]

Births

• November 18 – Joshua Feytons, actor

Deaths

• 6 May – Leo Joseph Suenens (born 1904), cardinal
• 19 May – Charles Verlinden (born 1907), historian
• 29 September – Albert Ayguesparse (born 1900), writer

Notes and References

1. https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2021/02/26/25-jaar-na-grote-kettingbotsing-op-e17-in-nazareth/ "Een muur van mist": 25 jaar geleden gebeurde kettingbotsing op E17 in Nazareth, grootste verkeersramp ooit in België
2. Book: Cardinal Mercier : A memoir. 9789068318623. 1996. Boileau. David A..
3. Book: Urban regimes and strategies : Building Europe's central executive district in Brussels. 9780226645599. 1996.