title: 1961 in Belgium
text: # 1961 in Belgium
  
  Events in the year 1961 in Belgium.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
  * Monarch: Baudouin
  * Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens (until 25 April), Théo Lefèvre (starting 25 April)
  
  ## Events
  
  * 15 February – Sabena Flight 548
  * 26 March – Belgian general election, 1961
  
  ## Births
  
  * 14 March – Christ'l Smet, windsurfer
  * 23 April – Patrick De Koning, archer
  * 25 April – Frank De Winne, astronaut
  * 13 May – Marc De Mesmaeker, police officer
  * 22 May – Elke Tindemans, politician
  * 29 June – Wim Claes, composer (died 2018)
  * 12 July – Diederik Foubert, cyclist
  * 16 July – Willem Wijnant, cyclist
  * 28 July – Gerda Sierens, cyclist
  * 6 August – Rudy Patry, cyclist
  * 14 August – Peter Joos, Olympic fencer
  * 11 September – Sophie de Schaepdrijver, historian
  * 14 September – Karl Meersman, cartoonist
  * 18 September – Danny Lippens, cyclist
  * 10 November – Bruno Tuybens, politician
  * 22 November – Myriam Vanlerberghe, politician
  * 30 December – Bernard Clerfayt, politician
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 17 May – Frans Van Cauwelaert, politician (born 1880)
  * 6 June – Julius Raes, Capucin archivist (born 1884)
  * 4 August – Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, general (born 1876)
  * 17 December – John Van Alphen, footballer (born 1914)
  