1959 in Belgium

none September 2026 1959 Events from the year 1959 in Belgium Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens Events thumb|Demonstration against pit closures, 16 February 1959 4 January – Léopoldville riots in the Belgian CongoTension à Léopoldville Le Monde 7 January 1959 https://www.lemonde.fr/a-la-une/article/2009/01/06/tension-a-leopoldville_1138456_3208.html 16 February – Mass protests against the closing of coal mines in the Borinage regionBorinage 1959: Expressions culturelles d’une région en déclin industriel Nicolas Verschueren 109-128 Cahiers Jaurès 2018 230 2 July – Marriage of Prince Albert and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria in the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula, Brussels 17 July – Law on economic expansion provides subsidies and stimulus for economic growth.Revue interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques 1979 2 L'impact économique et social, en Flandre et en Wallonie, des lois d'expansion économique du 17 juillet 1959 et du 30 décembre 1970: Pour une critique et pour une réforme de nos lois d’expansion économique Denis Tillier 43-87 Publications Commercial information relative to the principal products of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi (Brussels, Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi)https://archive.org/details/CommercialInformationRelativeToThePrincipalProductsOfTheBelgianCongo Commercial information relative to the principal products of the Belgian Congo and Ruanda-Urundi 1959 André Franquin, Le gorille a bonne mine (comic album) Births births in 1959 Category:1959 births 7 August – Koenraad Elst, Belgian Indologist 14 October – Pierre Jadoul, politician 26 November – Jacky Morael, politician (died 2016) Deaths 9 February – Nand Geersens (born 1895), broadcaster References 1959 Belgium Category:Years of the 20th century in Belgium Category:1950s in Belgium Belgium