1884 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1884 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold II[1]
- Prime Minister:
- until 16 June: Walthère Frère-Orban
- 16 June–26 October: Jules Malou
- starting 26 October: Auguste Marie François Beernaert
Events
- Belgian State Railways Type 25 taken into service
- 15 May – North Sea Fisheries Convention (signed 1882) comes into effect
- 16 June – Jules Malou replaces Walthère Frère-Orban as Prime Minister
- 25 May – Provincial elections
- June and July – Belgian general election, 1884[2]
- 5 July – Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property obtains legal force
- 26 October – Auguste Beernaert replaces Jules Malou as Prime Minister
- End of the First School War between confessional Catholic Party and secularist Liberal Party
Publications
- Periodicals
- Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique, vol. 28.[3]
- La Belgique Horticole, vol. 34, edited by Édouard Morren.[4]
- Bibliographie de la Belgique, vol. 10.[5]
- Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique (Brussels, M. Hayez).[6]
- La Jeune Belgique, vol. 3.[7]
- Jurisprudence du port d'Anvers, vol. 29.[8]
- Le Magasin littéraire et scientifique begins publication.
- Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, vol. 45.[9]
- Messager des sciences historiques.[10]
- Le Mouvement Géographique begins publication.
- Le Patriote begins publication.
- Books
- Maria Doolaeghe, Jongste dichtbundel
- Louis Hymans, Bruxelles à travers les âges (3 vols., Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe)[11]
- Isidoor Teirlinck and Reimond Stijns, Arm Vlaanderen
- Léon Vanderkindere, L'Université de Bruxelles: Notice historique, faite à la demande du Conseil d'Administration (Brussels, P. Weissenbruch)[12]
Art and architecture
- Exhibitions
- Paintings
- Théo van Rysselberghe, Four Breakwaters
- James Ensor, The Rooftops of Ostend
Births
- 19 January – Valerius Geerebaert, Redemptorist (did 1957)
- 17 February – Arthur Vanderpoorten, politician (died 1945)
- 21 March – Paul Demasy, playwright (died 1974)
- 26 May – Félix Goblet d'Alviella, newspaperman (died 1957)
- 3 June – Julius Raes, Capuchin archivist (died 1961)
- 8 June – Paul Ermens, colonial officer (died 1957)
- 13 June – Jean Brusselmans, painter (died 1953)
- 6 September – Julien Lahaut, communist (died 1950)
- 22 November – Oscar Sevrin, missionary (died 1975)
- 30 November – Yvan Goor, motorcyclist (died 1958)
- 10 December – Robert Gillon, politician (died 1972)
- 20 December – Jean-Baptiste Sipido, anarchist (died 1959)
Deaths
- 7 April – Maria Doolaeghe (born 1803), poet
- 22 May – Louis Hymans (born 1829), writer and politician
- 10 July – Henri Delmotte (born 1822), writer
- 23 July – Louis Galesloot (born 1821), archivist
- 5 November – Edouard d'Huart (born 1800), politician
- 1 December – Louis-Gustave Amelot (born 1857), engineer
- 4 December – Frédéric Faber (born 1837), bibliophile
- 28 December – Edmond Hanssens (born 1843), colonial administrator
References
- ^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ Sternberger, D, Vogel, B & Nohlen, D (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band I: Europa - Erster Halbband, p105
- ^ "Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique". 1864.
- ^ "La Belgique horticole : Journal des jardins". 1851.
- ^ "Bibliographie de la Belgique, ou catalogue général de l'imprimerie et de la librairie belges". 1884.
- ^ "Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique". 1884.
- ^ "La Jeune Belgique". 1884.
- ^ "Jurisprudence du port d'Anvers". 1884.
- ^ "Mémoires de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des ..., Volume 45". l'Académie.
- ^ "Messager des sciences historiques, ou, Archives des arts et de la bibliographie de Belgique".
- ^ vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3
- ^ L'Université de Bruxelles on Google Books.
- ^ Michel Draguet, Fernand Khnopff (Brussels, Fonds Mercator, 2018), p. 8.
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