Events in the year 1968 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Paul Vanden Boeynants (to 17 July); Gaston Eyskens (from 17 July)
Events
18 January – Flemish students demonstrate against the French-speaking presence in Leuven 7 March – Rassemblement wallon founded 31 March – 1968 Belgian general election April – Ronquières inclined plane taken into use 24 June – Split of the Catholic University of Leuven announced 7 July – Jacky Ickx wins the 1968 French Grand Prix at Rouen-Les-Essarts
Publications Georges Simenon, Maigret hésite
Art and architecture
Buildings Sablon Tower completed on the former site of the Maison du Peuple, Brussels
Cinema Sirene, written and directed by Raoul Servais
Births 17 August – Bruno van Pottelsberghe, economist – Peter Goes, children's author and illustrator 21 November – Jan Bertels, politician
Deaths 4 January – Joseph Pholien (born 1884), prime minister 25 February – Camille Huysmans (born 1871), prime minister 18 July – Corneille Heymans (born 1892), physiologist, Nobel laureate 4 December – Louise van den Plas (born 1877), feminist
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