1987 in Belgium

Events in the year 1987 in Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Baudouin
 * Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events

 * 6 March – Herald of Free Enterprise disaster off Zeebrugge
 * 30 March – Nicole Van Goethem's A Greek Tragedy wins Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Academy Awards
 * 1 September – Royal order prohibiting smoking in roofed public spaces comes into force.
 * 21 October – Government falls over Voeren crisis
 * 13 December – 1987 Belgian general election

Publications

 * Geert Bekaert, Landschap van kerken: 10 eeuwen bouwen in Vlaanderen (Leuven, Davidsfonds), with photographs by Lieve Blancquaert
 * Bettie Vanhoudt, Éléments de Description du Leke: Langue Bantoue de Zone C (Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa)

Births

 * 24 May – Déborah François, actress

Deaths

 * 16 July – Pierre Lardinois (born 1924), politician