1851 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1851 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold I
Head of government: Charles Rogier

Events

  • National Bank of Belgium prints its first series of banknotes.[1]
  • 24 January – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the Kingdom of Sardinia signed in Turin.[2]
  • 23 February – Willemsfonds established.
  • 18 April – New law on bankruptcy.[3]
  • 24 April – Convention with the Netherlands allowing steamships on the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal signed in The Hague.[4]
  • May-October – Embroiderer Joseph Van Halle exhibits "Church ornaments and Brussels lace" at the Great Exhibition in London.[5][6] The Belgian ambassador, Sylvain Van de Weyer, was consulted to ensure that the display of ecclesiastical vestments was arranged in such a way as not to offend Protestant sensibilities.[7]
  • 8 May – Convention with The Netherlands abolishing tolls on the Meuse signed in Brussels.[8]
  • 19 May – Railway line between Liège and Namur completed.
  • 30 June – Protocol to the convention abolishing tolls on the Meuse signed in Brussels.[9]
  • 27 September – Elections to the Senate
  • 27 October – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland signed in London.[10][11][12]
  • 11 December – Victor Hugo's exile in Belgium begins.

Publications

Thladiantha dubia from La Belgique Horticole
Periodicals
Official publications and monographs
  • Code de justice et de discipline militaires (Brussels, Librairie universelle de Rozez).
  • Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 22.[17]
  • Henri Alexis Brialmont, Précis d'art militaire (Brussels, A. Jamar)[18]
  • Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vols. 1-2 (Brussels, M. Hayez)[19]
  • G. Lacambre, Traité complet de la fabrication des bières et de la distillation des grains, pommes de terre, vins, betteraves, mélasses, etc. (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique d'Aug. Decq)[20]
Literary publications

Art and architecture

Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny, The Gathering of the Harvest (1851)
Paintings

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "The Belgian banknote". nbbmuseum.be. National Bank of Belgium.
  2. ^ "Traité de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et la Sardaigne, signé à Turin le 24 janvier 1851". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 24 January 1851.
  3. ^ Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 22 (1851), pp. 132-165. On Google Books.
  4. ^ "Convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas autorisant la navigation à vapeur sur le canal de Terneuzen par navires à hélices, signée à la Haye le 24 avril 1851". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 24 April 1851.
  5. ^ Illustrated London News, vol. 19 (Jul.-Dec. 1851), pp. 22, 156, 290, 315.
  6. ^ Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries (London, 1852), p. 471. On Google Books
  7. ^ Geoffrey Cantor, Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851 (Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 50.
  8. ^ "Convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour la suppression des péages sur la navigation de la Meuse, signée à Bruxelles le 8 mai 1851". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 8 May 1851.
  9. ^ "Protocole, signé à Bruxelles le 30 juin 1851, additionnel à la convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour la suppression des péages sur la navigation de la Meuse du 8 mai 1851". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 30 June 1851.
  10. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 76-80. On Google Books
  11. ^ Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 338.
  12. ^ "Traité de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, et article additionnel, signés à Londres le 27 octobre 1851". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 27 October 1851.
  13. ^ Almanach du commerce on Google Books.
  14. ^ Annuaire de la noblesse on Google Books.
  15. ^ Volume 1 on Google Books.
  16. ^ Journal de l'armée belge on Google Books.
  17. ^ Recueil des lois on Google Books.
  18. ^ Précis d'art militaire on Google Books.
  19. ^ Vol. 1, vol. 2.
  20. ^ Volume 1 and volume 2 on Google Books.
  21. ^ Beknopte prosodia at Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
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