Events in the year 1978 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Baudouin Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans (to 20 October); Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 20 October)
Events 11 October – Leo Tindemans proffers his resignation as Prime Minister after the failure of the Egmont pact
Publications Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), 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 (born 1912), Flemish author 9 October – Jacques Brel (born 1929), singer 24 December – Raymond Braine (born 1907), footballer
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