1847 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1847 in Belgium.
Incumbents[edit]
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- Monarch: Leopold I
- Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (to 12 August); Charles Rogier (from 12 August)
Events[edit]
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- 7 June – Théâtre des Galeries opens in Brussels.
- 8 June – Partial legislative elections.
- 20 June – Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert shopping arcade opened in Brussels.
- 1 July – Opening of the public exhibition of the products of national industry in Brussels.[1]
- 9 August – Antwerp–Ghent railway line completed.
- 27 September – Premonstratensians return to Postel Abbey.[2]
Publications[edit]
- Periodicals
- Annales parlementaires de Belgique[3]
- Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Brussels, M. Hayez), vol. 14.[4]
- Messager des sciences historiques (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck).[5]
- Revue de Bruxelles[6]
- Exhibitions
- J.B.A.M. Jobard, Exposition de l'industrie Belge 1847[7]
- Catalogue des produits de l'industrie belge admis à l'exposition de 1847[8]
- Scholarship
- André Dumont, Mémoire sur les terrains Ardennais et Rhénan de l'Ardenne, du Rhin, du Brabant et du Condros (Brussels, Hayez)[9]
- Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, L'Histoire des rois francs
- Literature
- Tegenwoordig België (Liberalen, Katholyken en Vlaemsche-beweging) door Een' Noord-Nederlander beoordeeld (Ghent, Snoeck-Ducaju en zoon); reprinted from De Gids.[10]
- Hippoliet Van Peene, "De Vlaamse Leeuw", song set to music by Karel Miry
- Hippoliet Van Peene, Willem van Dampierre, historical drama
Art and architecture[edit]
- Buildings
- Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar's Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert completed
- Paintings
- Antoine Wiertz, La Belle Rosine
Births[edit]
- 9 March – Martin Pierre Marsick, composer (died 1924)
- 9 April – Léon Mignon, sculptor (died 1898)
- 11 May – Godefroid Kurth, historian (died 1916)
- 27 August – Édouard Descamps, jurist and politician (died 1933)
- 31 August – Arthur Verhaegen, architect and politician (died 1917)
- 3 October – Frantz Jourdain, architect (died 1935)
Deaths[edit]
- 19 March – Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck (born 1805), writer
- 4 April – Julie du Bosch (born 1797), social reformer
References[edit]
- ^ Catalogue des produits de l'industrie belge admis à l'exposition de 1847 (1847) on Google Books
- ^ Theodoor Ignaz Welvaarts, Postel en zijn vroegere invloed in Nederland (1882), p. 7 on Google Books.
- ^ Parlement, Belgium (1847). "Annales parlementaires de Belgique".
- ^ "Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". 1847.
- ^ "Messager des sciences historiques, ou archives des arts et de la bibliographie de Belgique: 1847". 1847.
- ^ vol. 3 (1847), vol. 4 (1847)
- ^ "Exposition de l'industrie Belge 1847". 1847.
- ^ "Catalogue des produits de l'industrie Belge admis à l'exposition de 1847". 1847.
- ^ Dumont, André (1847). "Mémoire sur les terrains ardennais et rhénan de l'Ardenne, du Rhin, du Brabant et du Condros".
- ^ Noord-Nederlander, Een (1847). "Tegenwoordig België, (Liberalen, katholieken en Vlaemsche-beweging)".
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