1851 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- National Bank of Belgium prints its first series of banknotes.[1]
- 24 January â Treaty of commerce and navigation with the Kingdom of Sardinia signed in Turin.[2]
- 23 February â Willemsfonds established.
- 18 April â New law on bankruptcy.[3]
- 24 April â Convention with the Netherlands allowing steamships on the GhentâTerneuzen Canal signed in The Hague.[4]
- May-October â Embroiderer Joseph Van Halle exhibits "Church ornaments and Brussels lace" at the Great Exhibition in London.[5][6] The Belgian ambassador, Sylvain Van de Weyer, was consulted to ensure that the display of ecclesiastical vestments was arranged in such a way as not to offend Protestant sensibilities.[7]
- 8 May â Convention with The Netherlands abolishing tolls on the Meuse signed in Brussels.[8]
- 19 May â Railway line between Liège and Namur completed.
- 30 June â Protocol to the convention abolishing tolls on the Meuse signed in Brussels.[9]
- 27 September â Elections to the Senate
- 27 October â Treaty of commerce and navigation with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland signed in London.[10][11][12]
- 11 December â Victor Hugo's exile in Belgium begins.
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie, ed. H. Tarlier (Brussels, G. Stapleaux)[13]
- Annales de l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, vol. 8, edited by Adolphe Quetelet.
- Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 5, edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein[14]
- La Belgique Horticole begins publication.[15]
- Journal de l'armée belge, vol. 1.[16]
- Official publications and monographs
- Code de justice et de discipline militaires (Brussels, Librairie universelle de Rozez).
- Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 22.[17]
- Henri Alexis Brialmont, Précis d'art militaire (Brussels, A. Jamar)[18]
- Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vols. 1-2 (Brussels, M. Hayez)[19]
- G. Lacambre, Traité complet de la fabrication des bières et de la distillation des grains, pommes de terre, vins, betteraves, mélasses, etc. (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique d'Aug. Decq)[20]
- Literary publications
- Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Beknopte prosodia der Nederduitsche taal[21]
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Hendrick Joseph Dillens, The Winning Archer
- Edouard Hamman, Disillusion
- Henri Adolphe Schaep, View of a Harbour
- Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny, The Gathering of the Harvest
Births
- 8 January â Gérard Leman, general (died 1920)
- 21 April â Eugène Siberdt, painter (died 1931)
- 21 May â Charles Emile Stuyvaert, astronomer (died 1908)
- 27 June â Théodore Nilis, colonial official (died 1905)
- 21 July â Auguste Brancart, publisher of pornography (date of death unknown)
- 6 August â Paul Wittouck, industrialist (died 1917)
- 12 August â Aloïs Boudry, painter (died 1938)
- 19 August â Frans Schollaert, politician (died 1917)
- 25 September â Victor Harou, explorer (died 1923)
- 4 October â Michel Levie, politician (died 1939)
- 7 October â Lucien Solvay, newspaper editor (died 1950)
- 21 November â Désiré-Joseph Mercier, cardinal-archbishop (died 1926)
- 10 December â Alfred Ronner, artist (died 1901)
Deaths
- 17 February â Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth (born 1796), politician
- 4 July â Martin-Joseph Mengal (born 1784), composer
- 19 July â Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé (born 1818), nobleman and murderer
