1833 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1833 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 23 January â Treaty of amity and navigation with the United States signed but never ratified.[2]
- 23 February â Grand Orient of Belgium established, with Goswin de Stassart as first Grand Master
- 21 May â Convention of London indefinitely extends ceasefire with the Kingdom of the Netherlands following the Belgian Revolution of 1830
- 23 May â 1833 Belgian general election
- 16 June â Jean Arnold Barrett consecrated as Bishop of Namur
- 18 July â Law on distilleries passed, establishing a duty of 22 centimes per hectolitre per day on distillation containers used.[3]
- 8 September â First Daughters of the Cross make their vows (founder Marie Thérèse Haze).
- October â Opening of Sint-Barbaracollege, re-established Jesuit college in Ghent.
- 8 October â Belgian Iron Cross established to honour bravery during the Belgian Revolution
- 18 November â Treaty of Zonhoven between Belgium and the Netherlands, regulating navigation on the Meuse River
Publications
Births
- 7 February â Eugène Anspach, governor of the national bank (died 1890)
- 18 March â José Dupuis, performer (died 1900)
- 6 April â Charles De Smedt, Church historian (died 1911)
- 24 July â Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (died 1834)
- 4 November â Théophile de Lantsheere, politician (died 1918)
Deaths
- 20 February â Jean-Baptiste de Bouge (born 1757), cartographer
- 12 May â Philippe-Auguste Hennequin (born 1762), artist
- 26 September â Auguste Marie Raymond d'Arenberg (born 1753), aristocrat
