1953 in Belgium
Events in the year 1953 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 31 January to 1 February – North Sea flood damages Belgian coastal defences, killing 28
- 9 April – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium marries Prince Jean of Luxembourg, with civil registration in the Grand Ducal Palace and a nuptial mass in Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg
- 14 October – Sabena Convair Crash
- 24 October – Firedamp explosion in the Many pit in Seraing, owned by Ougrée-Marihaye, kills 26
- 31 October – First public television broadcasts of the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute, from the Flagey Building in Brussels
Publications
Non-fiction
- Gustave Cohen, Le Théâtre français en Belgique au Moyen Âge
- Paul Harsin, ''La Révolution liégeoise de 1789''
Fiction
- Louis Paul Boon, De Kapellekensbaan
- Hergé, Explorers on the Moon, serialised 1952-1953
- Georges Simenon, Feux rouges, Maigret and [the Man on the Boulevard|Maigret et l'homme du banc], and Maigret se trompe
- Willy Vandersteen, De dolle musketiers, Suske & Wiske album
Art and architecture
;Paintings;Performance
- 14 to 18 July – Théâtre National de Belgique production of Jean Giraudoux's Ondine at the Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith).
Births
- 10 January
- * Olga Zrihen, politician
- * Josiane Vanhuysse, cyclist
- 23 January – Carl Devlies, politician
- 26 January – Daniël Theys, glassmaker
- 1 February – Walter de Paduwa, radio DJ
- 21 February – Siegfried Bracke, politician
- 14 March – Dirk Van der Maelen, politician
- 3 April – Pieter Aspe, writer
- 5 April – Paul Broekx, Olympic canoer
- 11 April – Guy Verhofstadt, politician
- 1 May – Willy Linthout, comics author
- 7 May – Alain Brichant, tennis player
- 6 June – Jan Durnez, politician
- 30 June – Koen Fossey, illustrator
- 22 July – René Vandereycken, footballer
- 25 August – Georges De Moor, health statistician
- 20 September – André Delcroix, cyclist
- 26 September – Micha Marah, singer
- 27 September – Jean-Paul Comart, actor
- 9 October – Marcia De Wachter, economist
- 17 October
- * Thierry Soumagne, fencer
- * Claire Vanhonnacker, singer
- 27 October – Daniel Guldemont, martial artist
- 28 October – Jean-Marie Berckmans, writer
- 19 November – Didier de Chaffoy de Courcelles, businessman
- 20 November – Étienne De Beule, cyclist
- 4 December – Jean-Marie Pfaff, goalkeeper
Deaths
- 6 January – Maurice Corneil de Thoran, musician
- 9 January – Jean Brusselmans, painter
- 17 January – Jean de Bosschère, writer and painter
- 19 January – Jean Delville, painter
- 11 March – Charles Saroléa, philologist
- 26 March – Paul Loicq, hockey administrator
- 16 May – Django Reinhardt, jazz musician
- 2 June – Servais Le Roy, entertainment
- 20 June – Henri de Man, politician
- 25 June – Jules Van Nuffel, priest and musicologist
- 12 July – Joseph Jongen, composer
- 14 September – Pierre Nolf, scientist
- 18 September – Charles de Tornaco, racing driver
- 2 November – Émile Cammaerts, writer