2016 in Belgium

← 2015 2014 2013 2016 in Belgium → 2017 2018 2019
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 2016 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Philippe
• Prime Minister: Charles Michel

Events

February

• 6 February – 6th Magritte Awards to recognise achievement in the film industry held in Brussels

March

• 22 March – 2016 Brussels bombings cause 34 deaths
• 25 March – 2016 E3 Harelbeke (one-day cycling classic)
• 27 March – 2016 Gent–Wevelgem (one-day cycling classic)

April

• 3 April – 2016 Tour of Flanders (one-day cycling classic)

June

• 5 June – Hermalle-sous-Huy train collision

August

• 6 August – 2016 stabbing of Charleroi police officers: a man attacks two policewomen with a machete
• 28 August – Nico Rosberg wins the Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.^[1]
• 29 August – 2016 Brussels National Institute of Criminology fire: unknown individuals commit an arson attack

October

• 5 October – 2016 stabbing of Brussels police officers: man stabs three police officers

November

• 19 November – Jozef De Kesel, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, appointed cardinal.^[2]
• 30 November – UNESCO lists beer culture in Belgium as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.^[3]

December

• 4 December – Lode Aerts consecrated as bishop of Bruges

Deaths

• 6 February – Eddy Wally (born 1932), singer.
• 27 March – Antoine Demoitié (born 1990), cyclist.
• 21 May – Gaston Berghmans (born 1926), actor and comedian.
• 25 July - Paskal Deboosere (born 1962), radio and television host.
• 22 August - Toots Thielemans (born 1922), jazz musician.
• 20 October - Roger Lallemand (born 1932), politician.
• 4 November - Hubert van Herreweghen (born 1920), poet.
• 6 November - Marc Sleen (born 1922), comics artist.
• 2 December - Paul de Wispelaere (born 1928), poet and novelist.
• 13 December - Patrick Derochette (born 1964), criminal.

References

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