1961 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens, Théo Lefèvre

Events

• 15 February – Sabena Flight 548
• 26 March – Belgian general election, 1961

Births

• 14 March – Christ'l Smet, windsurfer
• 23 April – Patrick De Koning, archer
• 25 April – Frank De Winne, astronaut
• 28 April – Michel Hofman, admiral
• 13 May – Marc De Mesmaeker, police officer
• 22 May – Elke Tindemans, politician
• 29 June – Wim Claes, composer
• 12 July – Diederik Foubert, cyclist
• 16 July – Willem Wijnant, cyclist
• 28 July – Gerda Sierens, cyclist
• 6 August – Rudy Patry, cyclist
• 14 August – Peter Joos, Olympic fencer
• 11 September – Sophie de Schaepdrijver, historian
• 14 September – Karl Meersman, cartoonist
• 18 September – Danny Lippens, cyclist
• 10 November – Bruno Tuybens, politician
• 22 November – Myriam Vanlerberghe, politician
• 30 December – Bernard Clerfayt, politician

Deaths

• 17 May – Frans Van Cauwelaert, politician
• 6 June – Julius Raes, Capucin archivist
• 4 August – Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, general
• 17 December – John Van Alphen, footballer