1846 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1846 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold I
- Prime Minister: Sylvain Van de Weyer (to 31 March); Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (from 31 March)
Events
- 21 March – Achel Priory founded as a filiation from Westmalle Abbey.
- 25 May – Provincial elections
- 14 June – Founding congress of the Liberal Party.[1]
- 29 July – Commercial treaty with the Netherlands.[2]
Art and architecture
- Buildings
- 6 May — Work begins on Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, designed by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar
Publications
- Periodicals
- Annales parlementaires de Belgique.[3]
- Messager des sciences historiques (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck).[4]
- La renaissance: Chronique des arts et de la littérature, 7.[5]
- Revue de Belgique begins publication[6]
- Revue de Bruxelles reverts to its original title.[7]
- Monographs and reports
- Rapport triennial sur la situation de l'instruction primaire en Belgique (Brussels, 1846)[8]
- Guidebooks and directories
- A. Hochsteyn, Dictionnaire-postal de la Belgique, 2 vols.[9]
- A Week in Brussels: The Stranger's Guide to the Capital of Belgium, 3rd edition (London, Edwards and Hughes; Brussels, Edward Browne)[10]
- Literature
- Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck, Drie Zustersteden.[11]
- Jules de Saint-Genois, Le château de Wildenborg, ou les mutinés du siége d'Ostende (1604) (2 vols., Brussels, A. van Dale).[12]
Births
- 24 January – Isidore Verheyden, painter (died 1905)
- 28 February – Jean de la Hoese, painter (died 1917)
- 5 March – Edouard Van Beneden, biologist (died 1910)
- 27 April – Charles Joseph Van Depoele, electrical engineer (died 1892)
- 2 June – Émile Storms, soldier (died 1918)
- 9 August – François J. Terby, astronomer (died 1911)
- 10 August
- Eugène Goblet d'Alviella, politician (died 1925)
- Leon Van der Rest, banker (died 1932)
- 16 September – Marie Popelin, feminist (died 1913)
- 19 November – Emile Wauters, painter (died 1933)
Deaths
- 24 June – Jan Frans Willems (born 1793), writer
- 1 July – Auguste Duvivier (born 1772), politician
- 8 October – Henri van der Haert (born 1790), painter
- 29 October – Jean-Louis van Aelbroeck (born 1755), agronomist
References
- ^ "Congrès liberal de Belgique: Séance du 14 juin 1846". 1846.
- ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 68-69. On Google Books.
- ^ Annales parlementaires on Google Books: part 1, part 2
- ^ Messager des sciences historiques on Google Books.
- ^ La renaissance, vols. 7-8 on Google Books.
- ^ Revue de Belgique 1846 on Google Books.
- ^ vol. 1 (1846), vol. 2 (1846)
- ^ Rapport triennial on Google Books.
- ^ Dictionnaire-postal on Google Books: vol. 1, vol. 2.
- ^ Week in Brussels on Google Books.
- ^ Drie Zustersteden on Google Books.
- ^ Le château de Wildenbourg on Google Books.
