1838 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1838 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 7 April â Tariffs raised on woollen cloth, porcelain, glass, crystal and chemical products.[2]:â630â
- 15 May â Court of assizes to have jury verdicts.[2]:â632â
- 28 May â Provincial elections
- 1 June â Parliament approves government loan of 2 million Belgian francs for building highways and railways.[2]:â630â
- June â Ghent linen factories begin mechanising.[2]:â630â
- 1 August â Westmalle Brewery begins operations
- 24 September â Monument to the fallen of the Belgian Revolution inaugurated on Place des Martyrs, Brussels.[2]:â632â
- 3 September â Insurance scheme established for railway workers.[2]:â631â
- 17 December â Run on the Banque de Belgique.[2]:â631â
- 23 December â Declarations on postal reciprocity between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main.[3]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal et du commerce de Belgique (Brussels, Balleroy)[4]
- Annuaire du clergé catholique du royaume de Belgique (Brussels, L. Schapen)[5]
- Journal historique et littéraire, vol. 5 (Liège, P. Kersten).[6]
- Messager des sciences et des arts de la Belgique, vol. 6 (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck)[7]
- Revue de Bruxelles, 2.[8]
- Official publications
- Documents statistiques sur le Royaume de Belgique: recueillis et publiés par le Ministre de l'Intérieur (Brussels, Ch.-J. de Mat)[9]
- Guidebooks and directories
- Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Guide pittoresque et artistique du voyageur en Belgique (Brussels, Société Belge de Librairie)[10]
- Fiction
- Hendrik Conscience, De Leeuw van Vlaenderen (Antwerp, L.J. de Cort).
Art and architecture
- Sculptures
- Guillaume Geefs, Pro Patria, Place des Martyrs, Brussels
Births
- 3 January â Joseph Dupont, violinist (died 1899)
- 18 March â Jan Stobbaerts, painter (died 1914)
- 14 April â Charles Moeller, historian (died 1922)
- 16 April â Ernest Solvay, industrial chemist (died 1922)
- 23 April â Alfred Verwee, painter (died 1895)
- 9 July â Henriette Mayer van den Bergh, art collector (died 1920)
- 7 September â Louis Delacenserie, architect (died 1909)
- 23 September â Xavier de Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin, bibliophile (died 1896)
- 6 October â Henry Gabriels, bishop (died 1921)
- 15 October â August Vandekerkhove, writer and painter (died 1923)
- 30 October â Lodewijk de Koninck, writer (died 1924)
Deaths
- 9 February â Françoise Blin de Bourdon (born 1756), religious leader
- 3 August â Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (born 1769), mayor of Brussels
- 7 August â Jean-François van de Velde (born 1779), bishop of Ghent
