1979 in Belgium
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- 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)
