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1948 in Belgium

The following events happened during 1948 in the Kingdom of Belgium.


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The following events happened during 1948 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

  • Monarch – Leopold III
  • Regent: Prince Charles
  • Prime Minister – Paul-Henri Spaak

Signatories of the Treaty of Brussels (1948)

  • 1 January – Benelux Customs Convention comes into force.

  • 17 March – Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, establishing the Brussels Pact for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence.

  • 27 March – Law fully enfranchising women as voters promulgated

  • 29 May – Alfred De Taeye's bill to incentivise the building of new homes passes.

  • 23 July – Association belge des familles des disparus founded

  • 22 August – Order in Council for the implementation of the De Taeye Act.

  • 25 August – Treaty of Brussels, establishing the Brussels Pact for economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defence, comes into effect.

  • 8 October – Agreement of Belgium and Luxembourg with the United States for exchanges under the Fulbright Program.

  • Belgisch Staatsblad/Moniteur belge

  • Jean Lejeune, Principauté de Liège

  • 25 September – Daniel Pelletti, painter (died 2026)

  • 15 March – Børge Nyrop (born 1881 in Denmark), painter

  • 17 September – Prosper Dezitter (born 1893), wartime collaborator

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