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Events in the year 1832 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold I
Head of government: Félix de Muelenaere (to 20 October); Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (from 20 October)

Events

Siege of Antwerp, 1832
  • 8 April – Engelbert Sterckx consecrated as Archbishop of Mechelen
  • 11 July
    • Order of Leopold established.[1]
    • Provisional postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main.[2]
  • 9 August – Leopold I of Belgium marries Louise of Orléans.[1]
  • 20 October – Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella replaces Félix de Muelenaere as Prime Minister
  • 15 November to 23 December – Siege of Antwerp: Belgian army with French support invests Antwerp Citadel, held by Dutch forces.
  • 23 December – Siege of Antwerp concludes: Dutch forces removed from Antwerp Citadel.

Publications

  • Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M.-E. Rampelbergh)[3]
  • Annuaire industriel et administratif de la Belgique par province: Province du Brabant (Brussels)[4]

Art and architecture

Paintings

Births

  • Date uncertain – Oswald Orth, philologist (died 1920)

Deaths

William Cockerill

References

  1. ^ a b William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 76.
  2. ^ Convention postale provisoire entre la Belgique et l'Office du Prince de la Tour et Taxis, signée à Francfort-sur-le-Main le 11 juillet 1832 via refLex
  3. ^ On Google Books
  4. ^ On Google Books
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