Events from the year 1997 in Belgium
Incumbents
Events
- 27 February – Closure of Vilvoorde Renault Factory announced, with a loss of 3,100 jobs,[1] inspiring the following year's Procédure Renault, a new consultation procedure for mass redundancies.
Publications
- Bianca Booms and Jean-Paul Wydoodt, Alcohol, illegale drugs en medicatie: Recente ontwikkelingen in Vlaanderen, 1996.[2]
Births
- 1 July – Eléonor Sana, skier
- 15 October – Romanie Schotte, Miss Belgium 2017
- 30 September – Max Verstappen, racing driver and the 2021 Formula One World Champion
Deaths
- 5 January – André Franquin (born 1924), comics artist
- 19 January – Robert-Joseph Mathen (born 1916), bishop
- 15 June – Edmond Leburton (born 1915), prime minister
References
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