1877 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- Musical Instrument Museum established in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
- Plantin-Moretus Museum established in Antwerp
- 16 January â Extradition agreement with the Netherlands signed in Brussels.[1]
- 14 March â Trade agreement with Romania signed in Brussels.[2]
- 9 July â Law on secret ballot introduces use of voting booths at Belgian polling stations.[3]
- 19 August â Plantin-Moretus Museum opens to the public.
Publications
- Periodicals
- Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, 43 (Brussels, F. Hayez)[4]
- Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, 46 (Brussels, F. Hayez).[5]
- Moniteur belge.[6]
- Recueil consulaire, 23 (Brussels, C. Torfs)[7]
- Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, 48 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe)[8]
- Revue de Belgique, 25-26.[9]
- Revue de l'instruction publique en Belgique, 20 (Ghent, Eug. Vanderhaeghen)[10]
- Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère, 3.[11]
- Other
- Georges Eekhoud, Myrtes & Cyprès.[12]
Art and architecture
- Buildings
- E. Van Hoecke-Peeters, Jesuit house in Oostakker[13]
- Paintings
- Léon Herbo, portrait of the sculptor Julien Dillens, winner of the 1877 Prix de Rome
- Louis Tytgadt, Readers of the "Gazette van Gent"[14]
Science
- Louis Melsens becomes the second person to receive the Guinard Prize by the Brussels Academy, a Belgian award, given every 5 years since 1872, to the scientist who has written the best work or created the best invention to improve the material or intellectual position of the working class.
Births
- 9 January â Joseph Mansion, philologist (died 1937)
- 24 January â Louise van den Plas, feminist (died 1968)
- 21 February â Jean Capart, Egyptologist (died 1947)
- 11 March â Alfred Loewenstein, financier (died 1928)
- 3 July â Marthe de Kerchove de Denterghem, feminist (died 1956)
- 10 July â Hélène Dutrieu, cyclist and aviator (died 1961)
- 14 July â Marie Alexandrine Becker, poisoner (died 1942)
- 11 August â Aloïs Catteau, cyclist (died 1939)
- 10 September â Henri Denis, general (died 1957)
- 26 September â Bertha De Vriese, physician (died 1958)
- 6 October â Oscar Taelman, Olympic rower (died 1945)
- 10 November â Marie-Georges-Gérard-Léon le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle, diplomat (died 1931)
Deaths
- 1 January â Adolf Alexander Dillens (born 1821), painter
- 3 April â Jean-Baptiste Madou (born 1796), artist
- 16 April â Auguste Payen (born 1801), architect
- 2 June â Eugène Prévinaire (born 1805), civil servant and banker
- 3 June â Camille de Briey (born 1800), diplomat
- November â Louis-Pierre Verwee (born 1807), painter
- 7 November â Henri Guillaume (born 1812), general
