1979 in Belgium

← 1978 1977 1976 1979 in Belgium → 1980 1981 1982
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1979 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1979 in Belgium.

Incumbents[]

• Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
• Prime Minister: Paul Vanden Boeynants (to 3 April); Wilfried Martens (from 3 April)

Events[]

• 13 June – In Marckx v Belgium the European Court of Human Rights finds for the plaintiff, Paula Marckx, that Belgian inheritance law is unfair to unmarried mothers and their children.
• 25 June – Red Army Faction fail to assassinate Alexander Haig, Supreme Allied Commander of NATO, with a bomb in Casteau

Publications[]

• Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 2 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels)

Births[]

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Deaths[]

• 11 February – Marie Delcourt (born 1891), classicist
• 25 February – Marguerite Massart (born 1900), engineer
• 10 May – Louis Paul Boon (born 1912), novelist

References[]

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