1996 in Belgium
Events from the year '''1996 in Belgium'''
Incumbents
Events
- 27 February – A multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the E17 near Nazareth, with 10 deaths the worst traffic accident in Belgium
- 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
- A. G. Papadopoulos, ''Urban Regimes and Strategies: Building Europe's Central Executive District in Brussels''
Births
- July 14 - Anas Hamzaoui, footballer
Deaths
- 6 May – Leo Joseph Suenens, cardinal
- 19 May – Charles Verlinden, historian
- 29 September – Albert Ayguesparse, writer