2021 in Belgium
Events in the year 2021 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Philippe.
- Prime Minister: Alexander De Croo.
Events
Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium- 4 to 5 May – DDOS attack on Belnet disrupts accessibility of websites using the .be domain, including those of the government, parliament, police, educational and research institutions, healthcare, and public broadcasters, forcing the postponement of parliamentary hearings relating to the persecution of Uyghurs in China.
- 17 May to 20 June – Manhunt for Jürgen Conings, a soldier and suspected far-right extremist, goes on the run with several rocket launchers and a machine gun, leaving letters with threats against politicians, virologists and the army command. He shoots himself dead. Hundreds of police officers and soldiers combed Hoge Kempen National Park without success.
- 12 June – Belgium national football team beats Russia 3–0 in their first match of UEFA Euro 2020 at Saint Petersburg Stadium. Romelu Lukaku scores two goals and Thomas Meunier one.
- 18 June – A school under construction collapses in Antwerp, killing 5 workers.
- 14 July – Record rainfall causes beginning of 2021 European floods in Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and then Germany.
- 19 to 22 September – The 2021 UCI Road World Championships is held in the Flanders region.
Deaths
- 7 January – Jan Blommaert, sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist.
- 13 January – Joël Robert, motocross racer, six-time world champion.
- 18 January – Jeanine De Landtsheer, classicist
- 22 January – Élisabeth Burdot, journalist
- 30 January - Michel Trempont, operatic baritone
- 3 February – Patrick Lebon, film director and screenwriter
- 10 February – Luc Versteylen, Jesuit
- 11 February – Jacques Crickillon, novelist, poet and essayist
- 19 February – Leopold Lippens, politician
- 21 February – Marc Waelkens, professor emeritus of archaeology
- 12 March – Jos Van Gorp, actor
- 21 April – Henri Mouton, politician
- 20 May – Johan Weyts, politician
- 26 May – Lambert Kelchtermans, politician
- 1 June – Paula Sémer, broadcaster
- 7 June – Dixie Dansercoer, explorer and photographer