2012 in Belgium
Events in the year 2012 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
;February- 3 to 4 February – The traffic record is broken in Belgium due to excessive snowfall, 1,275 kilometres of traffic.
- 13 March – Sierre coach crash: a bus with Belgian and Dutch schoolchildren crashes in a tunnel near Sierre, Switzerland, killing 28 and injuring 24.
- 16 March – National day of mourning for the victims of the Sierre coach crash.
- 7 June – King Albert II of Belgium opens the 25N railway line.
- 17 September – Flemish commercial TV channel VT4 relaunched as VIER.
- 14 October – Provincial and municipal elections take place.
- 24 October – Announcement that Ford Genk would close at the end of 2013 or the beginning of 2014, leaving 4,300 unemployed.
- 27 October – Five Belgians die in a bus accident in Kerak, Jordan.
- 9 December – The Benelux train serving Amsterdam and Brussels is replaced by the Fyra high speed train.
Sports
- 24 March – The team K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen wins the 2011–12 Belgian Cup.
- 6 May – Anderlecht win the Belgian Pro League after a home draw against Club Brugge.
- 2 September – Jenson Button wins the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps.
- 7 October – Joseph Mutai wins the Brussels Marathon in 2:16.41.
- 25–27 August – Ellen van Dijk wins 2012 Lotto-Decca Tour
Deaths
- 22 January - Rita Gorr, operatic mezzo-soprano
- 5 May – Jacques Stiennon, historian
- 12 May - Eddy Paape, comics artist
- 15 May - Dominique Rolin, novelist
- 24 May - Jacqueline Harpman, Francophone writer and psychoanalyst
- 5 July - Rob Goris, professional road racing cyclist
- 5 August - Michel Daerden, politician and finance auditor
- 16 August - Martine Franck, documentary and portrait photographer
- 19 August - Maïté Nahyr, actress
- 21 August - Guy Spitaels, politician
- 1 September - Françoise Collin, novelist, philosopher and feminist
- 21 September - Henry Bauchau, political activist and psychoanalyst
- 6 October - Raoul De Keyser, painter
- 7 October - Ivo Michiels, writer
- 10 October - Jos Huysmans, professional road bicycle racer
- 12 October - Jean-Pierre Hautier, television presenter and broadcaster
- 23 October - Jozef Mannaerts, footballer
- 6 November - Charles Delporte, painter and sculptor
- 11 November - Victor Mees, footballer
- 17 November - Armand Desmet, professional road bicycle racer
- 7 December - Denis Houf, footballer
- 19 December - Georges Jobé, professional motocross racer
- 24 December – Xavier Mabille, historian and political scientist