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''

Births

• August 7 – Koenraad Elst, Belgian Indologist

Deaths

• 9 February – Nand Geersens, broadcaster