2016 in Belgium
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Events
- January
- 30 January – Belgian cyclist Femke Van den Driessche is caught concealing a motor and battery in her bicycle during the under-23 women's race at the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Zolder. She was found guilty of "technological fraud", the world's first case of mechanical doping in cycling.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 30 November – UNESCO lists beer culture in Belgium as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.[5]
- December
- 4 December – Lode Aerts consecrated as bishop of Bruges
