← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in Belgium → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1978 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1978 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
• Prime Minister: Leo Tindemans (to 20 October); Paul Vanden Boeynants (from 20 October)

Events

• 11 October – Leo Tindemans proffers his resignation as Prime Minister after the failure of the Egmont pact

Publications

• Rita Lejeune and Jacques Stiennon (eds.), La Wallonie, le Pays et les Hommes: Lettres, Arts, Culture, vol. 1 (La Renaissance du Livre, Brussels

Births

• 16 February – Tia Hellebaut, track and field athlete
• 4 July – Émile Mpenza, footballer
• 5 August – Kim Gevaert, sprinter
• 9 August – Wesley Sonck, footballer
• 15 December – Christophe Rochus, tennis player
• 18 December – Xandee, Flemish singer

Deaths

• 9 August – Johan Daisne (born 1912), Flemish author
• 9 October – Jacques Brel (born 1929), singer
• 24 December – Raymond Braine (born 1907), footballer