1867 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- February
- 2 February â Mines across the Charleroi coalfield closed by strikes.[1]:â684â
- 23 February â Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, mutually granting most favoured nation status.[2]
- April
- 25 April â Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, marries Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- May
- 11 May â Treaty of London establishes independence of Luxembourg; Prussian forces evacuated from Grand-Duchy.[1]:â684â
- 17 May â New criminal code published.[1]:â684â
- 19 May â Paper ballots introduced in elections.[1]:â684â
- July
- Delhaize Brothers begin trading.[1]:â684â
- 11-18 July â 2,400 Belgian Volunteers visit London, received by the Lord Mayor, entertained by the Wimbledon Volunteers, and a ball held in their honour at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, attended by Prince Albert.[3]
- August
- 2 August â Peter Benoit becomes head of the Antwerp conservatory.[1]:â684â
- September
- 2-7 September â Third Catholic Congress in Mechelen.
- December
- 8 December â Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps named Archbishop of Mechelen in succession to the recently deceased Engelbert Sterckx (enthroned 28 January 1868).[4]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, E. Guyot)[5]
- Collection de précis historiques, 16, edited by Edouard Terwecoren[6]
- Books
- Charles De Coster, La Légende d'Uylenspiegel (Brussels)
Births
- 19 January â Jean Delville, painter (died 1953)
- 28 February â William Degouve de Nuncques, painter (died 1935)
- 2 April â Louise Danse, painter (died 1948)
- 6 April â Maurice De Wulf, philosopher (died 1947)
- 15 May â Jef Leempoels, painter (died 1935)
- 27 May â Anna De Weert, painter (died 1950)
- 4 August â Valerius de Saedeleer, painter (died 1941)
- 7 August â Léo d'Ursel, diplomat (died 1934)
- 10 August â Bruno Destrée, monk-poet (died 1919)
- 21 June â Meyrianne Héglon, opera singer (died 1942)
- 8 November
- Léopold Charlier, violinist (died 1936)
- Léon Houa, cyclist (died 1918)
- 27 December â Léon Delacroix, prime minister (died 1929)
Deaths
- 10 January â Alfred Mosselman (born 1810), industrialist
- 2 March â Frans-Andries Durlet (born 1816), architect
- 4 June â Jan Teichmann (born 1788), engineer
- 10 September â Jules de Saint-Genois (born 1813), politician
- 12 November â Charles Frédéric Dubois (born 1804), naturalist
- 4 December â Engelbert Sterckx (born 1792), archbishop