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Belgium in 1955

Historical records for Belgium in 1955, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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5Events
3Named people
3Places
2Categories

Historical records

June

1 June 1955Messina ConferencePaul-Henri Charles Spaak

Messina · Government / Government of Belgium

Represents Belgium at the Messina Conference and later chairs the committee on the common market.

1 June 1955Treaty of RomePaul-Henri Charles Spaak

Messina · Government / Government of Belgium

Spaak attends the Messina Conference as the Six relaunch negotiations on a common market and atomic-energy community.

July

9 July 1955Treaty of RomeJean-Charles Snoy et d'Oppuers

Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Snoy represents Belgium in the intergovernmental work that develops the proposals launched at Messina.

9 July 1955Treaty of RomePaul-Henri Charles Spaak

Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Spaak chairs the constituent meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee created to prepare proposals for a common market and Euratom.

July 1955Spaak CommitteePaul-Henri Charles Spaak

Brussels · Government / Government of Belgium

Chairs the committee charged with preparing proposals for a European common market and Euratom.

Other Events

1955Intracellular Digestion OrganelleChristian Rene Marie Joseph de Duve

Louvain · Science / Medicine

Explains a cellular system responsible for intracellular digestion and recycling.

1955Lysosome DiscoveryChristian Rene Marie Joseph de Duve

Louvain · Science / Medicine

Identifies lysosomes as enzyme-containing structures within cells.

Names involved

Christian Rene Marie Joseph de DuveJean-Charles Snoy et d'OppuersPaul-Henri Charles Spaak

Places involved

BrusselsLouvainMessina

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.