1978 in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans ; Paul Vanden Boeynants

Events

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

Publications

• Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon, 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, Flemish author
• 9 October – Jacques Brel, singer
• 24 December – Raymond Braine, footballer