1867 in Belgium
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See also: | Other events of 1867 List of years in Belgium |
Events in the year 1867 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold II
- Head of government: Charles Rogier
Events
- February
- 2 February – Mines across the Charleroi coalfield closed by strikes.[1]: 684
- 23 February – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, mutually granting most favoured nation status.[2]
- April
- 25 April – Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, marries Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- May
- 11 May – Treaty of London establishes independence of Luxembourg; Prussian forces evacuated from Grand-Duchy.[1]: 684
- 17 May – New criminal code published.[1]: 684
- 19 May – Paper ballots introduced in elections.[1]: 684
- July
- Delhaize Brothers begin trading.[1]: 684
- 11-18 July – 2,400 Belgian Volunteers visit London, received by the Lord Mayor, entertained by the Wimbledon Volunteers, and a ball held in their honour at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, attended by Prince Albert.[3]
- August
- 2 August – Peter Benoit becomes head of the Antwerp conservatory.[1]: 684
- September
- 2-7 September – Third Catholic Congress in Mechelen.
- December
- 8 December – Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps named Archbishop of Mechelen in succession to the recently deceased Engelbert Sterckx (enthroned 28 January 1868).[4]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, E. Guyot)[5]
- Collection de précis historiques, 16, edited by Edouard Terwecoren[6]
- Books
- Charles De Coster, La Légende d'Uylenspiegel (Brussels)
Births
- 19 January – Jean Delville, painter (died 1953)
- 28 February – William Degouve de Nuncques, painter (died 1935)
- 2 April – Louise Danse, painter (died 1948)
- 6 April – Maurice De Wulf, philosopher (died 1947)
- 15 May – Jef Leempoels, painter (died 1935)
- 27 May – Anna De Weert, painter (died 1950)
- 4 August – Valerius de Saedeleer, painter (died 1941)
- 7 August – Léo d'Ursel, diplomat (died 1934)
- 10 August – Bruno Destrée, monk-poet (died 1919)
- 21 June – Meyrianne Héglon, opera singer (died 1942)
- 8 November
- Léopold Charlier, violinist (died 1936)
- Léon Houa, cyclist (died 1918)
- 27 December – Léon Delacroix, prime minister (died 1929)
Deaths
- 10 January – Alfred Mosselman (born 1810), industrialist
- 2 March – Frans-Andries Durlet (born 1816), architect
- 4 June – Jan Teichmann (born 1788), engineer
- 10 September – Jules de Saint-Genois (born 1813), politician
- 12 November – Charles Frédéric Dubois (born 1804), naturalist
- 4 December – Engelbert Sterckx (born 1792), archbishop
References
- ^ a b c d e f Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
- ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 99-100. On Google Books
- ^ Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), pp. 781,783.
- ^ "Installation de Monseigneur Deschamps". Le Monde illustré. Vol. 22. p. 90.
- ^ Almanach royal officiel at Google Books
- ^ Collection de précis historiques at Google Books
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