1987 in Belgium

Events in the year 1987 in Belgium.

Incumbents

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: Wilfried Martens

6 March – Herald of Free Enterprise disaster off Zeebrugge
30 March – Nicole Van Goethem's A Greek Tragedy wins Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Academy Awards
1 September – Royal order prohibiting smoking in roofed public spaces comes into force.{{Cite web|title=1 september 1987: rookverbod in openbare gelegenheden |date=17 March 2011 |url=https://radio2.be/1-september-1987-rookverbod-in-openbare-gelegenheden |website=Radio 2 |publisher=VRT}}
21 October – Government falls over Voeren crisis
13 December – 1987 Belgian general election

Geert Bekaert, Landschap van kerken: 10 eeuwen bouwen in Vlaanderen (Leuven, Davidsfonds), with photographs by Lieve Blancquaert
Bettie Vanhoudt, Éléments de Description du Leke: Langue Bantoue de Zone C (Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa)

13 April - Steven De Vuyst, politician{{cite web |title=De Kamerleden: Steven De Vuyst |url=https://www.dekamer.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=nl&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=07399&lactivity=55 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=8 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=nl}}
24 May – Déborah François, actress
23 July – Julien Ribaudo, politician{{cite web |title=Les Députés: Julien Ribaudo |url=https://www.lachambre.be/kvvcr/showpage.cfm?section=/depute&language=fr&cfm=cvview54.cfm?key=08170&lactivity=56 |publisher=Chamber of Representatives |access-date=4 September 2024 |location=Brussels, Belgium |language=fr}}