1948 in Belgium

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

Incumbents

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

Events

• 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.

Publications

• Belgisch Staatsblad/Moniteur belge
• Jean Lejeune, Principauté de Liège

Births

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

Deaths

• 15 March – Børge Nyrop (born 1881 in Denmark), painter
• 17 September – Prosper Dezitter (born 1893), wartime collaborator

References