Events from the year 1996 in Belgium
Incumbents Monarch: Albert II Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene
Events 27 February – A multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the E17 near Nazareth, with 10 deaths the worst traffic accident in Belgium"Een muur van mist": 25 jaar geleden gebeurde kettingbotsing op E17 in Nazareth, grootste verkeersramp ooit in België, VRTNWS, 27 February 2021 13 August – Child-murderer Marc Dutroux arrested 20 October – White March: approximately 300,000 people demonstrate to protest police and judicial inefficiency and demand improved child protection in the wake of the Dutroux affair.
Publications David A. Boileau, Cardinal Mercier: A Memoir (Peeters) A. G. Papadopoulos, Urban Regimes and Strategies: Building Europe's Central Executive District in Brussels (University of Chicago Press)
Births July 14 - Anas Hamzaoui, footballer November 13 - Kyara Linskens, basketball player
Deaths 6 May – Leo Joseph Suenens (born 1904), cardinal 19 May – Charles Verlinden (born 1907), historian 29 September – Albert Ayguesparse (born 1900), writer
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