1852 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1852 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold I
- Head of government: Charles Rogier (to 31 October); Henri de Brouckère (from 31 October)
Events
- 12 February – State visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Belgium.[1]
- 15 April – Postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.[2]
- 8 June – Partial legislative elections of 1852.
- 22 August – Franco-Belgian conventions on intellectual property and tariffs.[3]
- 31 October – Henri de Brouckère replaces Charles Rogier as Prime Minister.
- 7 November – Théodore de Montpellier consecrated as bishop of Liège in succession to Cornelius van Bommel.
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)[4]
- La Belgique Horticole, vol. 2.[5]
- Guidebooks and directories
- Belgium and the Rhine (London, David Bogue).[6]
- Guide pittoresque du voyageur en Belgique: Itinéraire artistique, industriel et manufacturier (Guide Richard, 7th edition; Paris, L. Maison)[7]
- Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine (London, John Murray)[8]
- Other
- Collection des discours prononcés aux distributions de prix des athénées royaux (Tournai, Bureau du Moniteur de l'Enseignement)[9]
- Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, M. Hayez)[10]
- Jules de Saint-Genois, Feuillets détachés
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Louis Gallait, Gypsy Woman with Two Children
Births
- 24 January – Alexander Struys, painter (died 1941)
- 7 March – Constant de Deken, missionary (died 1896)
- 25 March – Gérard Cooreman, politician (died 1926)
- 27 March – Jan van Beers, artist (died 1927)
- 10 April – Arthur Vierendeel, engineer (died 1940)
- 21 April – Edward Maene, sculptor (died 1931)
- 9 June – Frans Van Kuyck, artist (died 1915)
- 12 July – Henry Moeller, review editor (died 1918)
- 31 August – Joris Helleputte, architect and politician (died 1925)
- 20 September – Édouard Empain, engineer-entrepreneur (died 1929)
- 2 December – Lucien Bia, soldier (died 1892)
Deaths
- 28 January – Augustin Dumon-Dumortier (born 1791), industrialist and politician
- 7 April – Cornelius van Bommel (born 1790), bishop of Liège
- 6 May – Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens (born 1777), theatre director
- 17 October – Henri Decaisne (born 1799), painter
References
- ^ William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 76.
- ^ "Convention postale entre la Belgique et l'office du Prince de la Tour et Taxis, signée à Bruxelles". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 28 February 1852.
- ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 21-22.
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=MpxjAAAAcAAJ
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ Vol. 3 on Google Books.
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