1842 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium founded.
- 23 May â Provincial elections
- 16 July â "Linen convention" exempts Belgian textiles from French protectionist measures in return for a reduction in the Belgian tariff on French wines.[2]
- 23 September â Education Act stipulates that each local authority must maintain at least one primary school.[3]
- 5 November â Belgian-Dutch convention on trade and inland navigation signed in The Hague.[4][5]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal de Belgique (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)[6]
- Annuaire politique, écclésiastique, judiciaire, noliaire, militaire, administratif et commercial de la Belgique (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)[7]
- Messager des sciences historiques (Ghent)[8]
- La renaissance: Chronique des arts et de la littérature, 3.[9]
- Revue de Bruxelles[10]
- Monographs and reports
- Statistique de la Belgique: 1831â40 (Brussels)[11]
Births
- 7 May â Isala Van Diest, physician (died 1916)
- 24 August â Edouard Agneessens, painter (died 1885)
- 6 December â Marie Collart, painter (died 1911)
Deaths
- 10 March â Joseph Van Crombrugghe (born 1770), politician
- 6 September â Jean-Baptiste Van Mons (born 1765), pomologist
