1999 in Belgium
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- 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)
