1860 in Belgium

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Decades:
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  • 1860s
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  • 1880s
See also:Other events of 1860
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1860 in Belgium.

Incumbents[]

Monarchy of Belgium: Leopold I
Head of government: Charles Rogier

Events[]

Xavier Mellery, The Abolition of the Tolls in 1860 (1890)
  • 28 May – Provincial elections
  • 9 July – Belgian consulate in Damascus destroyed during anti-Christian pogroms.[1]
  • 18 July – Duties charged on goods brought from the countryside into towns abolished.[2]
  • 7 October – One of the monks sets fire to the church and one of the dormitories at Scourmont Priory.[3]
  • 16 November – Execution of Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals.

Publications[]

Periodicals
Monographs and reports
  • La Belgique en 1860 (Brussels, Philippe Hen).[12]
  • Manifestation nationale du peuple belge en 1860 (Brussels, E. Guyot, and Haarlem, J. J. Weeveringh).[13]
  • Recueil des pièces imprimées par ordre de la Chambre des Représentants, vol. 1.[14]
  • Louis Hymans, Histoire populaire de la Belgique (Brussels and Leipzig, Auguste Schnée)[15]
  • F. Prové, De la question monétaire en Belgique (Brussels, J.-B. Tarride).[16]
Guidebooks
  • A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland (London, John Murray).[17]
Literature
  • Joseph Octave Delepierre, A Sketch of the History of Flemish Literature and its Celebrated Authors from the Twelfth Century to the Present Time (London, John Murray).[18]
  • Jules de Saint-Genois, Profils et portraits

Births[]

  • 12 January – Charles Lemonnier, politician (died 1930)
  • 24 February – Max Waller, writer (died 1889)
  • 11 March – Rodolphe Wytsman, painter (died 1927)
  • 2 April – Paul Costermans, colonial administrator (died 1905)
  • 13 April – James Ensor, painter (died 1949)
  • 2 May – Heva Coomans, painter (died 1939)
  • 23 June – Albert Giraud, poet (died 1929)
  • 28 June – Aloïs Biebuyck, officer (died 1944)
  • 12 August – Ernest Baert, explorer (died 1894)
  • 26 August – Luis Siret, archaeologist (died 1934)
  • 4 December – Charles de Broqueville, politician (died 1940)
  • 15 December – Alphonse Michaux, engraver (died 1928)
  • 30 December – Leon Mazy, muralist (died 1938)

Deaths[]

References[]

  1. ^ Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 577.
  2. ^ "Loi du 18 juillet 1860 portant abolition des octrois communaux". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 18 July 1860.
  3. ^ "Incendie du couvent des Trappistes – Le frère Robyn accusé", La Belgique judiciaire, vol. 19, no. 15 (21 February 1861), 233-235.[1]
  4. ^ Annales de pomologie on Wikisource (French).
  5. ^ Annales de pomologie on Google Books.
  6. ^ Annuaire de l'Académie Royale. Vol. 26.
  7. ^ Annuaire militaire, vol. 14 on Google Books.
  8. ^ La Belgique Horticole, vol. 10 on Google Books.
  9. ^ La Belgique, vol. 9, vol. 10 on Google Books.
  10. ^ Bulletin du bibliophile belge, vol. 16 on Google Books.
  11. ^ Collection de précis historiques, vol. 9 on Google Books.
  12. ^ La Belgique en 1860 on Google Books.
  13. ^ Manifestation nationale on Google Books.
  14. ^ Recueil des pièces on Google Books.
  15. ^ Histoire populaire on Google Books.
  16. ^ De la question monétaire on Google Books.
  17. ^ Handbook for Travellers on Google Books.
  18. ^ A Sketch of the History of Flemish Literature online at the Austrian National Library.
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