1866 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- January
- 7 January â Le Peuple (predecessor organisation of Belgian Labour Party) joins First International.[1]:â682â
- 28 January â "Manifeste des ouvriers", drafted by Edmond Picard, calls for universal manhood suffrage.[1]:â682â
- March
- 6 March â Belgian-Chinese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.[2]
- May
- 28 May â Provincial elections
- 31 May â Strikes and lock-outs decriminalised.[1]:â682â
- June
- Fresh outbreaks in Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp of 1863â75 cholera pandemic.[1]:â682â
- 12 June â Partial legislative elections of 1866
- August
- 1 August â Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Belgium, negotiated by Auguste t'Kint, signed in Edo.[2]
- 27 August â Antwerp city council makes Dutch the official language of city business.[1]:â682â
- October
- 20 October â State banquet at Brussels for British Volunteers on visit to Belgium.[3]
- December
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, H. Tarlier)[4]
- Collection de précis historiques, vol. 15, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.[5]
- Messager des sciences historiques.[6]
- Reference works
- Biographie Nationale de Belgique begins publication.[7]
- Books
- Charles Baudelaire, Les Ãpaves (Brussels)
- Louis Galesloot, Pierre-Albert et Jean de Launay, Hérauts d'Armes du Duché de Brabant, Histoire de leurs procès, 1643-1687 (Brussels)[8]
- Victor Hugo, Travailleurs de la Mer (Brussels)
- Jules de Saint-Genois, Les Flamands d'autrefois
- Maps
- Auguste Stessels, Carte générale des bancs de Flandres compris entre Gravelines et l'embouchure de l'Escaut [Map of the sandbanks of the Flemish coast between Gravelines and the mouth of the Scheldt], engraved by J. Nauwens (Antwerp, F. Bizolier)[9]
Art and architecture
- Buildings
Births
- 9 January â Albert Baertsoen, painter (died 1922)
- 25 January â Emile Vandervelde, politician (died 1938)
- 27 April â Ãmile Royer, politician (died 1916)
- 5 July â Maurice Houtart, politician (died 1939)
- 14 July â Juliette Wytsman, painter (died 1925)
- 2 August â Adrien de Gerlache, Antarctic explorer (died 1934)
- 14 August â Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, mathematician (died 1962)
- 10 December â Louise De Hem, painter (died 1922)
Deaths
- Date uncertain
- Joseph Abbeel (born 1786), veteran of Napoleon's Russian campaign
- March
- 24 March â Jean-Baptist David (born 1801), literary scholar