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Events from the year 1949 in Belgium
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold III, with Prince Charles as regent
 - Prime Minister: 
- Paul-Henri Spaak (to 11 August)
 - Gaston Eyskens (from 11 August)
 
 
Events
- 4 April – Paul-Henri Spaak signs the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.[1]
 - 26 June – 1949 Belgian general election
 
Publications
- Léon Kochnitzky, Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)[2]
 - Charles Leirens, Belgian Music (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)[3]
 
Births
- 17 February – Peter Piot, microbiologist
 - 24 March – Richard Biefnot, politician (died 2020)
 - 21 November – Willy Vande Walle, Japanologist
 
Deaths
- 15 January – Lu Zhengxiang (born 1871), diplomat, politician and monk
 
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1949 in Belgium.
- ↑ "Paul-Henri Spaak at the signing ceremony of the North Atlantic Treaty, Washington, D.C. [4 APR 1949]". YouTube (in French). NATO History. 5 April 2019.
 - ↑ "Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone". 1949.
 - ↑ "Belgian Music". 1949.
 
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