1980 in Belgium

Events from the year 1980 in Belgium

← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Belgium → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1980 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events

• 23 January – Christian Democrat, Socialist, VU and FDF governing coalition replaced by Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition
• 18 May – Christian Democrat–Socialist governing coalition replaced by Christian Democrat–Socialist–Liberal coalition
• 7 August – Regional devolution passes the Senate
• 22 October – Christian Democrat–Socialist–Liberal governing coalition replaced by Christian Democrat–Socialist coalition

Publications

• Hadewijch, The Complete Works, translated by Columba Hart (New York, Paulist Press)
• Ronald Eckford Mill Irving, The Flemings and Walloons of Belgium (London, Minority Rights Group)
• Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 3 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)

Births

• 6 January – Steed Malbranque, footballer
• 11 September – Greet Daems, politician

Deaths

• 3 October – Albéric O'Kelly de Galway (born 1911), chess grandmaster