Events from the year 1949 in Belgium

Incumbents Monarch: Leopold III Regent: Prince Charles 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. 26 June – 1949 Belgian general election; first in which women fully enfranchised

Publications Léon Kochnitzky, Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center) Charles Leirens, Belgian Music (New York, Belgian Govt. Information Center)

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 9 December – Frédéric Alvin (born 1864), numismatist

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