1951 in Belgium

Incumbents

• * Leopold III, with Prince Baudouin as regent
• * Baudouin

  Events

• 9 to 10 January – Eisenhower in Belgium.
• 31 January – Belgian contingent of the United Nations Command for the Korean War disembark at Busan.
• 18 April – Treaty of Paris signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community with Belgium as a member.
• 16 July – Royal Question culminates with the formal abdication of King Leopold III
• 17 July – Baudouin of Belgium sworn in as king.
• 14 October – Relics of Saint Albert of Leuven installed in Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Brussels
• 5 December – Migration Conference in Brussels adopts the resolution establishing Provisional Intergovernmental Committee for the Movement of Migrants from Europe.

  Art and architecture

• Mari Andriessen, Bomb Victim