← 1986 1985 1984 1987 in Belgium → 1988 1989 1990
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	Other events of 1987 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1987 in Belgium.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Baudouin^[1]
• Prime Minister: Wilfried Martens

Events

• 6 March – Herald of Free Enterprise disaster off Zeebrugge
• 30 March – Nicole Van Goethem's A Greek Tragedy wins Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Academy Awards
• 1 September – Royal order prohibiting smoking in roofed public spaces comes into force.^[2]
• 21 October – Government falls over Voeren crisis
• 13 December – 1987 Belgian general election

Publications

• Geert Bekaert, Landschap van kerken: 10 eeuwen bouwen in Vlaanderen (Leuven, Davidsfonds), with photographs by Lieve Blancquaert
• Bettie Vanhoudt, Éléments de Description du Leke: Langue Bantoue de Zone C (Tervuren, Royal Museum for Central Africa)

Births

• 24 May – Déborah François, actress

Deaths

• 16 July – Pierre Lardinois (born 1924), politician