1866 in Belgium
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See also: | Other events of 1866 List of years in Belgium |
Events in the year 1866 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold II
- Head of government: Charles Rogier
Events
- January
- 7 January – Le Peuple (predecessor organisation of Belgian Labour Party) joins First International.[1]: 682
- 28 January – "Manifeste des ouvriers", drafted by Edmond Picard, calls for universal manhood suffrage.[1]: 682
- March
- 6 March – Belgian-Chinese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.[2]
- May
- 28 May – Provincial elections
- 31 May – Strikes and lock-outs decriminalised.[1]: 682
- June
- Fresh outbreaks in Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp of 1863–75 cholera pandemic.[1]: 682
- 12 June – Partial legislative elections of 1866
- August
- 1 August – Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Belgium, negotiated by Auguste t'Kint, signed in Edo.[2]
- 27 August – Antwerp city council makes Dutch the official language of city business.[1]: 682
- October
- 20 October – State banquet at Brussels for British Volunteers on visit to Belgium.[3]
- 21 October – Risk Allah Bey brought to trial in Brussels on charges of murder and forgery.[3]
- December
- 20 December – Parliamentary enquiry into preparedness of armed forces begins.[1]: 682
- 27 December – Belgian-Japanese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.[2]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, H. Tarlier)[4]
- Collection de précis historiques, vol. 15, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.[5]
- Messager des sciences historiques.[6]
- Reference works
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique begins publication.[7]
- Books
- Charles Baudelaire, Les Épaves (Brussels)
- Louis Galesloot, Pierre-Albert et Jean de Launay, Hérauts d'Armes du Duché de Brabant, Histoire de leurs procès, 1643-1687 (Brussels)[8]
- Victor Hugo, Travailleurs de la Mer (Brussels)
- Jules de Saint-Genois, Les Flamands d'autrefois
- Maps
- Auguste Stessels, Carte générale des bancs de Flandres compris entre Gravelines et l'embouchure de l'Escaut [Map of the sandbanks of the Flemish coast between Gravelines and the mouth of the Scheldt], engraved by J. Nauwens (Antwerp, F. Bizolier)[9]
Art and architecture
- Buildings
Births
- 9 January – Albert Baertsoen, painter (died 1922)
- 25 January – Emile Vandervelde, politician (died 1938)
- 27 April – Émile Royer, politician (died 1916)
- 5 July – Maurice Houtart, politician (died 1939)
- 14 July – Juliette Wytsman, painter (died 1925)
- 2 August – Adrien de Gerlache, Antarctic explorer (died 1934)
- 14 August – Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, mathematician (died 1962)
- 10 December – Louise De Hem, painter (died 1922)
Deaths
- Date uncertain
- Joseph Abbeel (born 1786), veteran of Napoleon's Russian campaign
- March
- 24 March – Jean-Baptist David (born 1801), literary scholar
References
- ^ a b c d e f Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
- ^ a b c Dirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.
- ^ a b Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 755.
- ^ Almanach on Google Books.
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ Messager on Google Books.
- ^ "Biographie nationale", Messager des sciences historiques (1866), pp. 512-514.
- ^ Pierre-Albert et Jean de Launay at Google Books.
- ^ "Carte générale des bancs de Flandres". Royal Library of Belgium.
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