1830 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1830 in Belgium.
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Incumbents
- Monarch: William I of the Netherlands (to 4 October)
Events
- August
- 25 August â Belgian Revolution begins
- September
- 24 September â Provisional Government of Belgium formed
- October
- October â Garde Civique formed to maintain public order
- 4 October â Provisional government proclaims Belgian independence.[1][2]
- 17 October â Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands.[3]
- 27 October â Belgian forces take Antwerp; Dutch forces bombard the city from Antwerp Citadel.[1]
- November
- 3 November â Elections for the National Congress of Belgium held.
- 10 November â First session of the National Congress of Belgium.[4]
- 25 November â Ãtienne-Modeste Glorieux founds the fraternity in Ronse that would eventually become the Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes
- December
- 26 December â The five powers represented in the London Conference (Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) recognise Belgian independence.[1]
Publications
Births
- 13 April â Ferdinand Pauwels, painter (died 1904)
- 25 April â Julius de Geyter, writer (died 1905)
- 1 May â Guido Gezelle, poet (died 1899)
- 28 May â Prosper de Haulleville, newspaperman (died 1898)
Deaths
- 26 February â Joseph Denis Odevaere (born 1775), painter
- 4 November â Frédéric de Merode (born 1798), revolutionary
- 17 November â Petrus Johannes van Regemorter (born 1755), painter
- 27 November â André Parmentier (born 1780), landscape architect
