1885 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1885 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
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- Belgian State Railways Type 6 steam locomotive taken into use.
- 26 February â Conclusion of the Berlin Conference granting sovereignty over the Congo Basin to Leopold II.
- 6 April â Inaugural meeting of the Belgian Labour Party held in Brussels.
- 30 April â Leopold II receives parliamentary authorisation to assume sovereignty over the Congo Basin
- 2 May â World Exhibition in Antwerp opens (to 2 November)[3][4][5]
- 1 August â Congo Free State established
Publications
- Periodicals
- Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, vol. 3.[6]
- Books
- Karl Baedeker, Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellers[7]
- Joseph Van den Gheyn, Essais de mythologie et de philologie comparée[8]
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Jeanne Kéfer
- Constantin Meunier, The Potato Diggers
- Théo van Rysselberghe, Portrait of Octave Maus
- Sculptures
- Thomas Vinçotte, The Horse Tamer (Brussels)
Births
- 29 January â Raoul Van Overstraeten, general (died 1977)
- 29 June â Camille Clifford, actress (died 1971)
- 17 November â Henri De Man, politician (died 1953)
Deaths
- 27 May â Charles Rogier (born 1800), politician
- 20 August â Ãdouard Agneessens (born 1842), painter
- 9 October â Joseph Geefs (born 1808), sculptor
