Misplaced Pages

← 2005 2004 2003 2006 in Belgium → 2007 2008 2009
Decades:	1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2006 List of years in Belgium

This article lists some of the events that took place in Belgium in 2006.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II
• Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt

Events

• 22 to 26 March – 2006 World University Cycling Championship takes place in Antwerp/Herentals: The Netherlands wins the overall medal table. Ellen van Dijk is the best cyclist with 1 gold and 1 silver medal.
• 12 April – Murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck
• 9 September – 50th Gordon Bennett Cup held in Waasmunster.
• 8 October – Provincial and municipal elections

Deaths

• 27 March – Madeleine Scrève (born 1912), fencer
• 3 April – Michel Delire (born 1933), footballer
• 12 April – Joe Van Holsbeeck, teenage murder victim
• 14 June – Jean Roba (born 1930), comics author
• 29 June – Philibert Mees (born 1929), composer and pianist
• 4 July – Norbert Kerckhove (born 1932), cyclist
• 6 July – Piet Van Brabant (born 1932), journalist
• 5 August – Hugo Schiltz (born 1927), politician
• 16 August – Julien Schepens (born 1935), cyclist
• 4 September – Rémy Belvaux (born 1966), film maker
• 6 October – Louis Van Schill (born 1921), cyclist
• 25 November – Jules Deneumoulin (born 1910), canoeist
• 8 December – Albert De Coninck (born 1915), communist
• 30 December – Renaat Bosschaert (born 1938), artist

See also

• 2006 in Belgian television

References

1. "Albert II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

v t e Years in Belgium
Pre-1800 1830 1831 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900
1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

This Belgian history-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 2006 in Belgium
• 2006 by country
• Years of the 21st century in Belgium
• 2000s in Belgium
• 2006 in Europe
• European history stubs
• Belgium stubs