Events from the year 1999 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) Marianne Thys and René Michelems, Belgian Cinema = Le Cinéma Belge = De Belgische Film (Brussels, Royal Belgian Film Archive) 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 29 November – Andrée Grandjean (born 1910), resister 17 December – Henri Storck (born 1907), film maker
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