2009 in Belgium
Events in the year 2009 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
;January- 4 January – Johan Bonny consecrated as bishop of Antwerp.
- 23 January – Dendermonde nursery attack
- 11 February – With 5,000 present, the Fortis shareholders' meeting to vote on the break-up and sale of the company to the Dutch and Belgian governments was the largest shareholders' meeting in Belgian history.
- 26 February – Franco-Belgian bank Dexia announces 3.3 billion euros of net losses for 2008.
;October
- 11 October – Father Damien canonised by Pope Benedict XVI, in the presence of King Albert II, Queen Paola, and Herman Van Rompuy.
- 15 November – Herman Van Rompuy resigns as Prime Minister in order to become President of the European Council; Van Rompuy Government ends.
- 25 November – Leterme II Government sworn in.
Deaths
- 4 January - Lei Clijsters, footballer, father of Kim Clijsters.
- 2 February - Louis Proost, cyclist.
- 4 March - Patricia De Martelaere, writer.
- 18 March – Rita Lejeune, medievalist
- 6 March - Henri Pousseur, composer.