The following lists events that happened during 1906 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Monarch: Leopold II
Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer
Events
7 February – Murder of Jeanne Van Calck in Brussels. 24 February – Chilean diplomat Ernesto Balmaceda Bello murdered in Brussels. 10 April – Chief of the General Staff reports to Minister of War on confidential conversations held earlier in the year with the British military attaché regarding the landing of a British expeditionary force in the event of a German invasion. Belgian Olympic Committee founded, with Édouard de Laveleye as first president. 22 April to 2 May – 16 Belgian athletes participate in the Intercalated Games in Athens, winning 6 medals. 29 April – Belgium national football team play against Netherlands national football team at Antwerp, winning 5–0. Robert De Veen scored a hat-trick in the second half. 27 May – Partial legislative election 6 July – Belgium a signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1906. 15 to 19 August – Seventeenth International Eucharistic Congress held in Tournai. 28 October – Union Minière du Haut Katanga incorporated
Publications
Periodicals
La Belgique Artistique et Littéraire, vols. 2 (January–March), 3 (April–June), 4 (July–September), 5 (October–December).
Books
Félicien Cattier, Étude sur la situation de l'État indépendant du Congo
Ernest Gilliat-Smith, The Story of Brussels, illustrated by Katharine Kimball and Guy Gilliat-Smith (London, J.M. Dent) Karl Hanquet (ed.), La Chronique de Saint-Hubert dite Cantatorium (Brussels, Hayez, Imprimeur de L'Academie) E. D. Morel, Red Rubber (New York) Max Rooses, Jordaens' leven en werken Joseph Van den Gheyn, Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque royale de Belgique . Tome sixième: Histoire des ordres religieux et des églises particulières (Brussels, Henri Lamertin), vol. 6 of the catalogue of manuscripts of the Royal Library of Belgium. Emile Vandervelde, Le Socialisme et l'agriculture (1906) Émile Verhaeren, Les heures d'après-midi (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
Art and architecture
12th Brussels Salon of the Société Royale des Beaux-arts
Paintings
Théo van Rysselberghe, The Scarlet Ribbon
Buildings
Royal Galleries of Ostend completed
Births
5 January – Mark Severin, graphic designer (died 1987) 25 January – Eddy Blondeel, SAS commander (died 2000) 14 February – Felix Meskens, athlete (died 1973) 18 February – Placide Tempels, missionary (died 1977) 22 March – Marcel Hastir, artist (died 2011) 8 June – Charles Janssens, actor (died 1986) 15 June – Léon Degrelle, fascist (died 1994) 3 July – Fernand Dehousse, politician (died 1976) 29 July – Alice Roberts, actress (died 1985) 4 August – Marie José of Belgium, Queen of Italy (died 2001) 5 August – Francis Walder, writer and soldier (died 1997) 8 August – André Demedts, educator (died 1992) 15 September – Charles of Limburg Stirum, courtier (died 1989) 25 September – Madeleine Bourdouxhe, author (died 1996) 22 November – Rita Lejeune, medievalist (died 2009)