1999 in Belgium

Events from the year 1999 in Belgium

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Albert II
 * Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene (to 12 July); Guy Verhofstadt (from 12 July)

Events

 * 1 January – The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, then formally make its debut on European and the world financial markets.
 * 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 (winner of the 1999 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française)
 * Philippe Roberts-Jones, Brussels: Fin de Siècle (Cologne: Taschen)
 * Robert Stallaerts, Historical Dictionary of Belgium (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press)
 * Raymond van Uytven, Studies over Brabantse kloostergeschiedenis (Brussels: Algemeen Rijksarchief, 1999)

Births

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

Deaths

 * 22 January – Paul Cammermans (born 1921), film maker
 * 20 February – Frans Grootjans (born 1922), politician
 * 16 August – Paul Serruys (born 1912), missionary
 * 10 September – Michèle Fabien (born 1945), writer
 * 17 December – Henri Storck (born 1907), film maker