title: 1976 in Belgium
text: # 1976 in Belgium
  
  Events in the year 1976 in Belgium.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Baudouin
  * Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans
  
  ## Events
  
  * 3 January – Flooding in Ruisbroek.
  * April – World Environment and Resources Council conference in Brussels.
  * 16 May – Niki Lauda wins the 1976 Belgian Grand Prix at Circuit Zolder
  * 22 June to 8 July – Longest heatwave recorded in Belgium, with 16 days of temperatures over 30°C.
  * 8 July – European People's Party founded in Brussels
  * 20 September – Brussels Metro opens.
  * 10 October – Municipal elections confirm the fusion of the Belgian municipalities, reducing the number of local governments from 2,359 to 589.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium–Luxembourg.
  * Jonathan E. Helmreich, Belgium and Europe: A Study in Small Power Diplomacy (The Hague, Mouton)
  
  ## Art and architecture
  
  ### Buildings
  
  * Astro Tower, Brussels, completed.
  
  ## Births
  
  * 18 January – Laurence Courtois, tennis player
  * 29 January – Belle Perez, singer
  * 27 February – Ludovic Capelle, cyclist
  * 3 March – Joos Valgaeren, footballer
  * 4 March – Regi Penxten, DJ
  * 11 June – Gaëtan Englebert, footballer
  * 17 June – Sven Nys, cyclist
  * 10 July – Wilfried Cretskens, cyclist
  * 12 July – Dave Bruylandts, cyclist
  * 26 August – Freya Piryns, politician
  * 19 November – Benny Vansteelant, athlete (died 2007)
  * 16 November – Mario Barravecchia, singer
  * 4 December – Mbo Mpenza, footballer
  * 11 December – Timmy Simons, footballer
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 6 January – Henry George (born 1891), cyclist
  * 28 January – Marcel Broodthaers (born 1924), artist
  * 17 February – Jean Servais (born 1910), actor
  * 16 March – Albert Lilar (born 1900), politician
  * 13 April – Gustave Danneels (born 1913), cyclist
  * 10 August – Fernand Dehousse (born 1906), politician
  * 29 December – Ivo Van Damme (born 1954), athlete
  