1 January – Breakout of 14 inmates from Arlon prison.[2]: 1008
25 January – About 3,000 gendarmes demonstrate in Brussels for better working conditions.[2]: 1008
February
5 February – Publication of a report into working practices in the Belgian postal service reveals massive inefficiency.[2]: 2008
March
17 March – Albert Houssiau appointed bishop of Liège by Pope John Paul II
April
12 April – About 20,000 march in Hasselt to demand that Limburg's mines be kept open.[2]: 1009
15 April – Prime Minister Wilfried Martens and Deputy Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt lay the first stone of the Flanders Expo convention centre in Ghent.[2]: 1011
18 May – Albert Houssiau consecrated bishop of Liège
29 May – The Flag of Europe first flown in front of the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels.[2]: 1010
30 May – About 50,000 protest against government austerity measures in a demonstration organised by the General Federation of Belgian Labour.[2]: 1009
June
25 June – Former prime minister Paul Vanden Boeynants convicted of fraud.[2]: 1010
30 June – Massive public celebration of the return of the Belgian national football team after placing fourth in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.[2]: 1010
October
12 October – Renovated La Monnaie opera house reopens with a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.[2]: 1010
18 October – Interior MinisterCharles-Ferdinand Nothomb resigns in protest over the government's stance on the language struggle in Voeren.[2]: 1011
Years in Belgium