1978 in Belgium

Events in the year 1978 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans (to 20 October); Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 20 October)

Events

 * 11 October – Leo Tindemans proffers his resignation as Prime Minister after the failure of the Egmont pact

Publications

 * Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 1 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels

Births

 * 16 February – Tia Hellebaut, track and field athlete
 * 4 July – Émile Mpenza, footballer
 * 5 August – Kim Gevaert, sprinter
 * 9 August – Wesley Sonck, footballer
 * 15 December – Christophe Rochus, tennis player
 * 18 December – Xandee, Flemish singer

Deaths

 * 9 August – Johan Daisne (born 1912), Flemish author
 * 9 October – Jacques Brel (born 1929), singer
 * 24 December – Raymond Braine (born 1907), footballer