1980 in Belgium

Decades:

• 1960s
• 1970s
• 1980s
• 1990s
• 2000s

See also:Other events of 1980
List of years in Belgium

Events from the year 1980 in Belgium

• Monarch: Baudouin
• Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

• 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

• 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)

• 6 January – Steed Malbranque, footballer
• 11 September – Greet Daems, politician^[1]

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