1893 in Belgium
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See also: | Other events of 1893 List of years in Belgium |
Events in the year 1893 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Leopold II[1]
- Prime Minister: Auguste Marie François Beernaert[2]
Events
- 12–18 April – general strike to demand universal manhood suffrage.
- 15 April – Social-Christian Christene Volkspartij founded
- 12 August – First Paris–Brussels road cycle race
Publications
- Periodicals
- Annuaire de la section d'art et d'enseignement de la maison du Peuple[3]
- Van Nu en Straks begins publication[4]
- Reference and reports
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 12.
- Chemins de fer, postes, télégraphes, téléphones et marine. Compte rendu des opérations pendant l'année 1892 (Brussels, J. Goemaere)[5]
- Frans de Potter, Vlaamsche bibliographie: Lijst der boeken, vlug- en tijdschriften, muziekwerken, kaarten, platen en tabellen, in België van 1830 tot 1890 verschenen (Ghent, Alfons Siffer)[6]
- Arthur Van Gehuchten, L'Anatomie du système nerveux de l'homme (Leuven)[7]
- Literature
- Cyriel Buysse, Het recht van de sterkste
- Guido Gezelle, Tijdkrans
- Prosper de Haulleville, Portraits et silhouettes, vol. 2
- Émile Verhaeren, Les campagnes hallucinées (Brussels, Edmond Deman)[8]
Art and architecture
- Les XX disband
- La Libre Esthétique founded
- Buildings
- Victor Horta, Hôtel Tassel completed
- Paintings
- Eugène Laermans, Evening strike
- Performances
- 17 May – Premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande
Births
- 2 January – Félix Sellier, cyclist (died 1965)
- 12 January – Victor Lenaers, cyclist (died 1968)
- 20 February – Gabrielle Petit, patriot (died 1916)
- 23 March
- Robert de Foy, head of the State Security Service (died 1960)
- René Vermandel, cyclist (died 1958)
- 4 September – Robert Poulet, writer (died 1989)
- 13 October – René Goormaghtigh, engineer (died 1960)
- 23 October – Jean Absil, composer (died 1974)
- 11 November – Paul van Zeeland, politician (died 1973)
- 9 December – Prosper Dezitter, collaborationist (died 1948)
Deaths
- 23 January – Eugène-François de Block (born 1812), artist
- 27 January – Alfred Belpaire (born 1820), locomotive engineer
- 28 January – Gustave Léonard de Jonghe (born 1829), painter
- 24 May – Félix Nève (born 1816), Orientalist
- 11 July – Eugène Simonis (born 1810), sculptor
- 7 November – Constant Lievens (born 1856), Jesuit priest
- 20 November – Léopold Harzé (born 1831), sculptor
References
- ^ "Leopold II - king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Auguste-Marie-François Beernaert - Belgian-Flemish statesman". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Digithèque de l'ULB : Périodiques numérisés".
- ^ Anne-Marie Musschoot, "Van Nu en Straks: A Flemish Art Nouveau Periodical, 1893-1901" Dutch Crossing, 35 (1988), pp. 45-57
- ^ "Chemins de fer, postes, télégraphes, téléphones et marine. Compte rendu des opérations pendant l'année". Bruxelles.
- ^ Vlaamsche bibliographie on Google Books.
- ^ Second edition (1897) on Gallica
- ^ Emile Verhaeren, Poems, selected, translated and introduced by Will Stone (Todmorden, Arc, 2014), p. 24.
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