1830 in Belgium

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Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1830 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1830 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: William I of the Netherlands (to 4 October)

Events

Gustave Wappers Episode of the September Days 1830 (1835)

August

• 25 August – Belgian Revolution begins

September

• 24 September – Provisional Government of Belgium formed

October

• October – Garde Civique formed to maintain public order
• 4 October – Provisional government proclaims Belgian independence.
• 17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands.
• 27 October – Belgian forces take Antwerp; Dutch forces bombard the city from Antwerp Citadel.

November

• 3 November – Elections for the National Congress of Belgium held.
• 10 November – First session of the National Congress of Belgium.
• 25 November – Étienne-Modeste Glorieux founds the fraternity in Ronse that would eventually become the Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

December

• 26 December – The five powers represented in the London Conference (Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) recognise Belgian independence.

Publications

• Almanach du commerce du royaume des Pays-Bas: Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Grignon)
• Promenades dans Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Berthot)
• Vade Mecum, ou description de Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, C. J. De Mat)

Births

• 13 April – Ferdinand Pauwels, painter (died 1904)
• 25 April – Julius de Geyter, writer (died 1905)
• 1 May – Guido Gezelle, poet (died 1899)
• 28 May – Prosper de Haulleville, newspaperman (died 1898)

Deaths

• 26 February – Joseph Denis Odevaere (born 1775), painter
• 4 November – Frédéric de Merode (born 1798), revolutionary
• 17 November – Petrus Johannes van Regemorter (born 1755), painter
• 27 November – André Parmentier (born 1780), landscape architect