Events in the year 1971 in Belgium.

Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Gaston Eyskens

Events 29 September to 1 October – Emperor Hirohito's state visit to Belgium.Belgium Hirohito Visit , AP Archive. 7 November – 1971 Belgian general election 21 November – Brussels Agglomeration Council election

Publications Paul-Henri Spaak, The Continuing Battle: Memoirs of a European, 1936–1966, translated by Henry Fox (Boston, Little, Brown)

Births 5 March – Wim Decleir, athlete 20 June – Annik Van den Bosch, politician 25 October – Annemie Bogaerts, chemist 15 December – Arne Quinze, conceptual artist

Deaths 24 February – Albert De Vleeschauwer (born 1897), politician 28 June – Camille Clifford (born 1885), actress

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