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| 1986, July |
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| The government approved new restrictions on immigration, making asylum seekers ineligible for social assistance. | 1 |
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| 1990, April 4 |
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| Parliament, during a joint session, signed the abortion bill into law. The new law replaced the previous law of 1867, and allowed abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy for women who were deemed to be “in a state of distress.” | 2 |
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| 1991, June 12 |
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| Parliament approved a constitutional amendment allowing female members of the royal family to succeed to the throne. The monarch would nevertheless continue to be known as the king, regardless of gender. | 3 |
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| 1993, July 14 |
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| A final vote in the Chamber of Deputies completed constitutional reform begun in 1970, as Belgium officially became a federal state comprising three regions (Wallonia, Flanders, and bilingual Brussels) and three linguistic communities. | 4 |
| The Senate also gave final approval to an environmental tax imposed from April 1994 on a range of goods, depending on the amount of pollution caused in their production. | 5 |
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| Aug. 9 |
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| ALBERT II BECAME KING OF THE BELGIANS on the sudden death of his brother King Baudouin (July 31). | 6 |
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