1966 in Belgium

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Events

31 January – Clashes between gendarmes and demonstrators from the closing Zwartberg mine leave two colliers dead.^[2]
10 February – Belgium ratifies London Fisheries Convention.
11 February – Pierre Harmel proffers his resignation as prime minister due to internal policy divisions in his Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition.^[3]
15 February to 9 May – Women at FN Herstal strike for equal pay.^[4]
15 March – London Fisheries Convention regulating fisheries in the North Sea comes into force.
19 March – Paul Vanden Boeynants takes office at the head of a Christian Democrat–Liberal coalition.^[5]
11 May – Real Madrid defeat FK Partizan in the 1966 European Cup Final at the Heysel Stadium.
13 May
- Belgian bishops issue a declaration rejecting calls to remove the French-language section of the Catholic University of Leuven from the city of Leuven.^[6]
- Elizabeth II visits Langemark to pay her respects at the Saint Julien Memorial to Canadian soldiers of the First World War.^[7]
2 June – Demonstration in Brussels in support of equal pay for equal work.^[8]