1999 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II
• Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene ; Guy Verhofstadt

  Events

• May – Dioxin affair comes to light
• 13 June – 1999 Belgian federal election
• 12 July – Verhofstadt I Government sworn in
• 2 August – Yaguine Koita and Fodé Tounkara discovered dead at Brussels Airport
• 4 December – Wedding of Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

  Publications

• Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements
• Philippe Roberts-Jones, Brussels: Fin de Siècle
• Robert Stallaerts, Historical Dictionary of Belgium
• Raymond van Uytven, Studies over Brabantse kloostergeschiedenis

  Births

• 2 August – Emma Bale, singer
• 27 August – Mile Svilar, footballer

  Deaths

• 22 January – Paul Cammermans, film maker
• 20 February – Frans Grootjans, politician
• 16 August – Paul Serruys, missionary
• 10 September – Michèle Fabien, writer
• 17 December – Henri Storck, film maker