1981 in Belgium

Events in the year 1981 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister:
 * until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
 * 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
 * starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens

Events

 * July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
 * October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
 * November 8 - General election

Publications

 * Cowboy Henk strip first published
 * OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg
 * Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 4 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)

Births

 * January
 * 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
 * 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor


 * February
 * 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
 * 27 February
 * Evi Goffin, singer
 * Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter


 * April
 * 10 April – Yves V, DJ and producer


 * May
 * 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian


 * June
 * 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist


 * July
 * 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist


 * October
 * 3 October – Lydia Klinkenberg, politician

Deaths

 * January 27 - Leo Collard (born 1902), politician
 * February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
 * February 9 - Albert Dejonghe (born 1894), cyclist
 * April 5 - Émile Hanse (born 1892), footballer
 * May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
 * August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
 * October 21 - Wilfried Puis (born 1943), footballer
 * November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist