1985 in Belgium

Events in the year 1985 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events

 * 15 January – Communist Combatant Cells (CCC) 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 (2 vols., Antwerp, Kluwer).

Art and architecture

 * Films
 * Hugo Claus (dir.), De Leeuw van Vlaanderen
 * Nicole Van Goethem (dir.), 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
 * 12 March – Stromae, musician and producer
 * 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
 * 10 October – Dominique Cornu, cyclist
 * 22 October – hadise, Turkish and Belgian singer
 * 5 December
 * Mehdi Dehbi, actor and theatre director
 * Nico Verdonck, racing driver
 * 22 December – Aurora Marion, actress
 * 22 December – Aurora Marion, actress

Deaths

 * 2 February – Lucien Cooremans (born 1899), politician
 * 18 July – Louisa Ghijs (born 1902), actress
 * 17 June – Pieter De Somer (born 1917), scientist
 * 10 October – Alice Melin (born 1900), politician
 * 29 October – Alice Roberts (born 1906), actress
 * 16 November – Léon Lampo (born 1923), athlete
 * 9 December – François Morren (born 1899), athlete
 * 15 December – Jean van den Bosch (born 1910), diplomat