Events in the year 1851 in Belgium.
Incumbents
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
- Periodicals
- Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie, ed. H. Tarlier (Brussels, G. Stapleaux)[13]
- Annales de l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, vol. 8, edited by Adolphe Quetelet.
- Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 5, edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein[14]
- La Belgique Horticole begins publication.[15]
- Journal de l'armée belge, vol. 1.[16]
- 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
- Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Beknopte prosodia der Nederduitsche taal[21]
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Hendrick Joseph Dillens, The Winning Archer
- Edouard Hamman, Disillusion
- Henri Adolphe Schaep, View of a Harbour
- Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny, The Gathering of the Harvest
Births
- 8 January – Gérard Leman, general (died 1920)
- 21 April – Eugène Siberdt, painter (died 1931)
- 21 May – Charles Emile Stuyvaert, astronomer (died 1908)
- 27 June – Théodore Nilis, colonial official (died 1905)
- 21 July – Auguste Brancart, publisher of pornography (date of death unknown)
- 6 August – Paul Wittouck, industrialist (died 1917)
- 12 August – Aloïs Boudry, painter (died 1938)
- 19 August – Frans Schollaert, politician (died 1917)
- 25 September – Victor Harou, explorer (died 1923)
- 4 October – Michel Levie, politician (died 1939)
- 7 October – Lucien Solvay, newspaper editor (died 1950)
- 21 November – Désiré-Joseph Mercier, cardinal-archbishop (died 1926)
- 10 December – Alfred Ronner, artist (died 1901)
Deaths
- 17 February – Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth (born 1796), politician
- 4 July – Martin-Joseph Mengal (born 1784), composer
- 19 July – Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé (born 1818), nobleman and murderer
References
- ^ "The Belgian banknote". nbbmuseum.be. National Bank of Belgium.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 22 (1851), pp. 132-165. On Google Books.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Illustrated London News, vol. 19 (Jul.-Dec. 1851), pp. 22, 156, 290, 315.
- ^ Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries (London, 1852), p. 471. On Google Books
- ^ Geoffrey Cantor, Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851 (Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 50.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 76-80. On Google Books
- ^ Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 338.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Almanach du commerce on Google Books.
- ^ Annuaire de la noblesse on Google Books.
- ^ Volume 1 on Google Books.
- ^ Journal de l'armée belge on Google Books.
- ^ Recueil des lois on Google Books.
- ^ Précis d'art militaire on Google Books.
- ^ Vol. 1, vol. 2.
- ^ Volume 1 and volume 2 on Google Books.
- ^ Beknopte prosodia at Digital Library for Dutch Literature.
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