1852 in Belgium
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Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold I
- Head of government: Charles Rogier (to 31 October); Henri de Brouckère (from 31 October)
Events
- 12 February â State visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Belgium.[1]
- 15 April â Postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.[2]
- 24 May â Provincial elections
- 8 June â Partial legislative elections of 1852.
- 22 August â Franco-Belgian conventions on intellectual property and tariffs.[3]
- 31 October â Henri de Brouckère replaces Charles Rogier as Prime Minister.
- 7 November â Théodore de Montpellier consecrated as bishop of Liège in succession to Cornelius van Bommel.
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)[4]
- La Belgique Horticole, vol. 2.[5]
- Guidebooks and directories
- Belgium and the Rhine (London, David Bogue).[6]
- Guide pittoresque du voyageur en Belgique: Itinéraire artistique, industriel et manufacturier (Guide Richard, 7th edition; Paris, L. Maison)[7]
- Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine (London, John Murray)[8]
- Other
- Collection des discours prononcés aux distributions de prix des athénées royaux (Tournai, Bureau du Moniteur de l'Enseignement)[9]
- Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, M. Hayez)[10]
- Jules de Saint-Genois, Feuillets détachés
Art and architecture
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- Paintings
- Louis Gallait, Gypsy Woman with Two Children
Births
- 24 January â Alexander Struys, painter (died 1941)
- 7 March â Constant de Deken, missionary (died 1896)
- 25 March â Gérard Cooreman, politician (died 1926)
- 27 March â Jan van Beers, artist (died 1927)
- 10 April â Arthur Vierendeel, engineer (died 1940)
- 21 April â Edward Maene, sculptor (died 1931)
- 9 June â Frans Van Kuyck, artist (died 1915)
- 12 July â Henry Moeller, review editor (died 1918)
- 31 August â Joris Helleputte, architect and politician (died 1925)
- 20 September â Ãdouard Empain, engineer-entrepreneur (died 1929)
- 2 December â Lucien Bia, soldier (died 1892)
Deaths
- 28 January â Augustin Dumon-Dumortier (born 1791), industrialist and politician
- 7 April â Cornelius van Bommel (born 1790), bishop of Liège
- 6 May â Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens (born 1777), theatre director
- 17 October â Henri Decaisne (born 1799), painter
