1889 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1889 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
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- 6-25 May â Subversion trial in Mons reveals activity of security service agents provocateurs in the Parti socialiste républicain
- 3 July â FN Herstal arms manufactory founded
- 8 November â Higher Institute of Philosophy founded at Catholic University of Leuven
Publications
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Rémy Cogghe, Cockfights in Flanders
- James Ensor, Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889
- Léon Herbo, Salome
- Fernand Khnopff, Memories
- Constantin Meunier, Firedamp
Births
- 18 March â Floris Jespers, artist (died 1965)
- 25 April â Paul Deman, cyclist (died 1961)
- 26 May â Victor Linart, cyclist (died 1977)
- 6 July â Louis Mottiat, cyclist (died 1972)
- 30 July â Frans Masereel, artist (died 1972)
- 8 October â Philippe Thys, cyclist (died 1971)
- 11 November â Marcel Buysse, cyclist (died 1939)
- 16 December â Joseph Van Daele, cyclist (died 1948)
Deaths
- 15 April â Father Damien (born 1840), missionary
- 2 July â Henri-Charles Lambrecht (born 1848), bishop of Ghent
- 6 September â Guillaume d'Aspremont Lynden (born 1815), politician
- 30 September â François-Antoine Bossuet (born 1798), painter
- 16 October â Pierre-Joseph Witdoeck (born 1803), painter
