1999 in Belgium

Events from the year 1999 in Belgium

← 1998 1997 1996 1999 in Belgium → 2000 2001 2002
Decades:	1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
See also:	Other events of 1999 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Albert II
• Prime Minister: Jean-Luc Dehaene (to 12 July); Guy Verhofstadt (from 12 July)

Events

• 1 January – The Euro Currency officially entered circulation in the European Union (EU) Eurozone member area countries, then formally make its debut on European and the world financial markets.
• May – Dioxin affair comes to light
• 13 June – 1999 Belgian federal election
• 12 July – Verhofstadt I Government sworn in
• 2 August – Yaguine Koita and Fodé Tounkara discovered dead at Brussels Airport
• 4 December – Wedding of Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

Publications

• Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements (winner of the 1999 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française)
• Philippe Roberts-Jones, Brussels: Fin de Siècle (Cologne: Taschen)
• Robert Stallaerts, Historical Dictionary of Belgium (Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press)
• Raymond van Uytven, Studies over Brabantse kloostergeschiedenis (Brussels: Algemeen Rijksarchief, 1999)

Births

• 2 August – Emma Bale, singer
• 27 August – Mile Svilar, footballer

Deaths

• 22 January – Paul Cammermans (born 1921), film maker
• 20 February – Frans Grootjans (born 1922), politician
• 16 August – Paul Serruys (born 1912), missionary
• 10 September – Michèle Fabien (born 1945), writer
• 17 December – Henri Storck (born 1907), film maker