1886 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1886 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 18–29 March – Series of strikes and disturbances in industrial areas of Wallonia
- 22 March – Law on copyright passed.[3]
- 4 April – Henri-Charles Lambrecht consecrated coadjutor bishop of Ghent
- 10 April – Soldiers fire on strikers in Roux
- 8 June – Partial legislative elections of 1886
- 8 July – Royal decree establishing Royal Flemish Academy of Language and Literature
Publications
- Periodicals
- Het Belfort begins publication
- La Wallonie begins publication
- Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, vol. 4. [4]
- Books
- Adolphe Burdo, Les Belges dans l'Afrique Centrale: De Zanzibar au lac Tanganika (P. Maes)
- Jean Stecher, Histoire de la Littérature néerlandaise en Belgique (Brussels, 1886)
- Émile Verhaeren, Les Moines
Art and architecture
- Sculptures
- Constantin Meunier, The Puddeler
Births
- 4 February – René-Gabriel van den Hout, priest and editor (died 1969)
- 12 February – Maurice Bladel, writer (died 1968)
- 18 May – Marcel Wolfers, sculptor (died 1976)
Deaths
- 9 February – Edmond Speelman (born 1819), Jesuit
- 30 March – Jean-Joseph Charlier (born 1794), revolutionary
- 5 July – Charles Baugniet (born 1814), artist
- 11 July – Jules Malou (born 1810), politician
- 6 August – Jean-François Abeloos (born 1819), sculptor
References
- ^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "In Memoriam", American Journal of International Law, 7 (1913), pp. 371-374. On Internet Archive.
- ^ Maurice Benoidt and Louis Descamps, Commentaire législatif de la Loi du 22 mars 1886 sur le droit d'auteur (Brussels, 1886) On Internet Archive
- ^ https://archive.org/details/bulletindumusero41886inst/page/n4
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