1880 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1880 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- January â The White slave trade affair is exposed in Brussels and attracts international attention.
- 7 March â Reception in the winter garden at Royal Palace of Laken to celebrate the engagement of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium to Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.
- 24 May â Provincial elections
- 5 June â Belgian government breaks off diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
- 8 June â Partial legislative elections of 1880
- 16 August â Celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence in Cinquantenaire Park
- 22-28 August â International Educational Congress held in Brussels.[2]
- September â Queen Marie Henriette visits Aachen for her health.[3]
- 25 December â Pope Leo XIII issues a breve to establish a new chair in Thomist philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain.[4]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Bulletin de l'Association Belge de Photographie, vol. 7[5]
- La Jeune Belgique begins publication.
- Exhibition catalogues
Art and architecture
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- Buildings
- Paintings
- Jan Verhas, The Parade of the Schools in 1878
Births
- 10 January â Frans Van Cauwelaert, politician (died 1961)
- 5 May â Adrian Carton de Wiart, British general (died 1963)
- 4 December â Eugène Soudan, politician (died 1960)
Deaths
- 30 January â Paul Devaux (born 1801), politician
- 28 April â Louis Dubois (born 1830), painter
- 13 May â Lievin De Winne (born 1821), painter
