1834 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1834 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold I
- Prime Minister: Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (to 4 August), Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (from 4 August)[1]
Events
- 1 May – Belgian State Railways established.
- 25 May – Convention between Belgium and Denmark on rights to inherit and acquire property comes into effect.[2]
- 27 May – Diocese of Bruges re-established, with François-René Boussen as bishop
- 1 June – Work begins on first Belgian railway line.
- 10 June – Belgian bishops announce plans to establish a Catholic University (later to become Catholic University of Leuven).[1]
- 25 June – Masonic lodge Les Amis Philanthropes announces plans to establish a secularist university (to become the Université libre de Bruxelles).[1]
- 22 September – Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation with the Empire of Brazil signed in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
- 1 November – Postal convention with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland comes into effect.[4]
- 8 November – Opening of the Catholic University of Belgium in Mechelen.
- 20 November – Opening of the Université Libre de Belgique in Brussels.
- 17 December – Declarations of reciprocity with the Kingdom of Prussia regarding the inheriting and acquiring of property.[5]
- 29 December – Extradition treaty with the Kingdom of France comes into force.[6]
Publications
- Journal historique et littéraire begins publication in Liège, owned and edited by Pierre Kersten.[7]
- Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et réglements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique.[8]
- Charles de Brouckère and F. Tielemans, Répertoire de l'administration et du droit administratif de la Belgique, Vols. 1-2 (Brussels, Weissenbruch)[9]
- Maria Doolaeghe, Nederduitsche letteroefeningen
- Zoé de Gamond, De la condition sociale des femmes aux dix-neuvième siècle (Brussels, Berthot)[10]
- A. X. Mauvy, Le Promeneur dans Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Adolphe Wahlen)[11]
- Frances Trollope, Belgium and Western Germany in 1833 (2 vols., Paris, 1834)[12]
- Coralie van den Cruyce, Les orphelins de la grande armée (Brussels)
Births
- 4 January – Frans de Potter, founder of the Davidsfonds (died 1904)
- 9 January – Jan Verhas, painter (died 1896)
- 21 June – Frans de Cort, poet and translator (died 1878)
- 17 August – Peter Benoit, composer (died 1901)
Deaths
- date uncertain – Élisabeth Delatour (born 1750), painter
- 16 May – Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (born 1833)
- 27 July – Jean Joseph Delplancq (born 1767), bishop of Tournai
References
- ^ a b c Dumont, Georges-Henri (2017). Chronologie de la Belgique: De 1830 à nos jours (in French). Le Cri. ISBN 9782390010555.
- ^ "Convention entre la Belgique et le Danemark sur le droit de succéder et d'acquérir des biens, signée à Bruxelles le 26 janvier 1834 et à Copenhague le 21 mars 1834". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 21 March 1834.
- ^ "Traité d'amitié, de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et le Brésil, signé à Rio de Janeiro le 22 septembre 1834". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 22 September 1834.
- ^ "Convention postale entre la Belgique et le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, signée à Londres et à Bruxelles les 17 octobre et 24 octobre 1834". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 24 October 1834.
- ^ "Déclarations de réciprocité entre la Belgique et la Prusse règlant la faculté de succéder et d'acquérir, établiés à Berlin les 13 décembre et 17 décembre 1834 et échangées le 17 décembre 1834". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 17 December 1834.
- ^ "Convention d'extradition entre la Belgique et la France, signée à Bruxelles le 22 novembre 1834". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 22 November 1834.
- ^ Volume 1 on Google Books.
- ^ vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 4, vol. 5, vol. 6
- ^ Volume 1 and volume 2 on Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
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- ^ On Google Books
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