Events from the year 1969 in Belgium
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens
Events 13 to 20 March — Student protesters occupy the administrative buildings at Ghent University July and August – Peaceful resistance organised by local committees in the Marolles neighbourhood of Brussels forces the government to abandon plans to displace hundreds of residents to expand the Palace of Justice.
Art and architecture
13 September – Frans van Mechelen unboxes the first load of concrete for the Westrand cultural centre in Dilbeek, in lieu of laying a foundation stone.
Publications Frank Edward Huggett, Modern Belgium (New York, Praeger)Modern Belgium at Internet Archive. First appearance of the Isabelle comic series
Births 9 December – Annick Lambrecht, politician
Deaths 19 January – Henri Carton de Tournai (born 1878), politician
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