1985 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

  Events

• 15 January – Communist Combatant Cells bomb the Federation of Belgian Enterprises, killing two firemen and wounding others
• 3 February – Roger Vangheluwe consecrated as bishop of Bruges by Cardinal Godfried Danneels
• 16 to 21 May – Pope John Paul II visits Belgium
• 29 May – Heysel Stadium disaster
• 15 September – Ayrton Senna wins the 1985 Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps
• 27 September – Brabant killers carry out armed robberies in Braine-l'Alleud and Overijse, killing eight.
• 8 October to 5 November – CCC firebomb a series of companies
• 13 October – General elections
• 9 November – Brabant killers carry out an armed robbery in Aalst, killing eight.
• 6 December
• * CCC attack NATO pipeline in Wortegem-Petegem
• * Liège law court bombing

  Publications

• T. Luykx and M. Platel, Politieke geschiedenis van België van 1944 tot 1985.

  Art and architecture

• Hugo Claus, De Leeuw van Vlaanderen
• Nicole Van Goethem, A Greek Tragedy

  Births

• 5 January – Bart Goossens, footballer
• 1 February – Tim De Meersman, footballer
• 5 February – Tatiana Silva, beauty queen
• 15 February – Sara Peeters, cyclist
• 16 March – Saskia Bricmont, politician
• 20 June – Dieter Vanthourenhout, cyclist
• 5 August – Joeri Calleeuw, cyclist
• 14 September – Stijn Neirynck, cyclist
• 25 September – Nicolas Achten, musician
• 5 December – Mehdi Dehbi, actor and theatre director
• 22 December – Aurora Marion, actress

  Deaths

• 2 February – Lucien Cooremans, politician
• 18 July – Louisa Ghijs, actress
• 17 June – Pieter De Somer, scientist
• 10 October – Alice Melin, politician
• 29 October – Alice Roberts, actress
• 16 November – Léon Lampo, athlete
• 9 December – François Morren, athlete
• 15 December – Jean van den Bosch, diplomat