1981 in Belgium
Incumbents
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- Monarch: Baudouin{{cite web |title=Baudouin I {{!}} king of Belgium |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Baudouin-I |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=28 March 2019 |language=en}}
- Prime Minister:
- until 31 March: Wilfried Martens
- 31 March-17 December: Mark Eyskens
- starting 17 December: Wilfried Martens
Events
- July 30 - Belgian Anti-Racism Law
- October 20 - 1981 Antwerp bombing
- November 8 - General election
Publications
- Cowboy Henk strip first published
- OECD, Economic Surveys: Belgium, Luxembourg{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TV6QDwAAQBAJ|title = OECD Economic Surveys: Belgium 1981|date = January 1981|isbn = 9789264155343}}
- Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 4 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)
Births
;January
- 4 January – Silvy De Bie, singer
- 6 January – Jérémie Renier, actor
;February
- 4 February – Johan Vansummeren, cyclist
- 27 February
- Evi Goffin, singer
- Élodie Ouédraogo, sprinter
;April
- 10 April – Yves V, DJ and producer
;May
- 3 May – Lieven Scheire, comedian
;June
- 2 June – Kurt Hovelijnck, cyclist
;July
- 15 July – Sébastien Rosseler, cyclist
;October
- 3 October – Lydia Klinkenberg, politician
Deaths
- January 27 - Leo Collard (born 1902), politician
- February 7 - Marius Mondelé, footballer
- February 9 - Albert Dejonghe (born 1894), cyclist
- April 5 - Émile Hanse (born 1892), footballer
- May 19 - Marcel Vercammen, footballer
- August 29 - Joseph Givard, footballer
- October 21 - Wilfried Puis (born 1943), footballer
- November 29 - Dieudonné Smets, cyclist
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