1891 in Belgium
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Incumbents
Events
- 29 January â Funeral of Prince Baudouin of Belgium.
- 2â20 May â Miners' strike in Liège, spreading to other parts of Wallonia.[3]
- 10 May â Dock strikes in Antwerp and Ghent in support of coalminers in Wallonia.[4]
- 16â22 August â International Socialist Labor Congress of Brussels
- 31 August â Brussels Conference Act of 1890 enters into force.
- 8â12 September â Catholic Congress in Mechelen
- 30 September â French politician Georges Ernest Boulanger commits suicide at the tomb of his mistress in Ixelles Cemetery.
- 27 November â New law against tramps and beggars[5]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Gazet van Antwerpen begins publication
- Het Volk begins publication
- Annales de la Société d'archéologie de Bruxelles, vol. 5.
- La Jeune Belgique, vol. 10.
- Literature
- Jules Destrée, L'oeuvre lithographique de Odilon Redon (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- Maurice Maeterlinck, Les Sept Princesses
- Stephane Mallarmé, Pages (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- John of Ruusbroec, L'Ornement des noces spirituelles, translated by Maurice Maeterlinck
- Ãmile Verhaeren, Les flambeaux noirs (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
Art and architecture
- L'Essor disbands
- Paintings
- James Ensor, The Man of Sorrows
- Fernand Khnopff, I lock my door upon myself
- Théo van Rysselberghe, Maria Sèthe at the Harmonium
Births
- 19 January â Joseph De Craecker, fencer (died 1975)
- 29 January â Henri Van Lerberghe, cyclist (died 1966)
- 18 February â Henry George, cyclist (died 1976)
- 25 March â Filip De Pillecyn, writer (died 1962)
- 2 April â Marthe Crick-Kuntziger, museum curator (died 1963)
- 3 May â Henri Rolin, politician (died 1973)
- 20 June â Jeanne Hebbelynck, artist (died 1959)
- 24 June â René Pinchart, gymnast (died 1970)
- 10 August â Andries Mac Leod, mathematician (died 1977)
- 7 September â Georges Cuisenaire, educator (died 1975)
- 12 September â Jean-François Martial, actor (died 1977)
- 18 November â Marie Delcourt, classicist (died 1979)
- 23 November â Pierre Ryckmans, governor of Belgian Congo (died 1959)
- 9 December
- Léon Bekaert, industrialist and politician (died 1961)
- John Langenus, football referee (died 1952)
- 29 December â Alphonse Van Mele, gymnast (died 1972)
Deaths
- 4 January â Pierre de Decker (born 1812), politician
- 23 January â Prince Baudouin of Belgium (born 1869)
- 28 January â Eduard Wallays (born 1813), artist
- 4 March â Camille Coquilhat (born 1853), colonial officer
- 20 May â Paul Ãmile de Puydt (born 1810), writer
- 31 July â Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (born 1814), glass painter
- 17 August â Jean-Joseph Thonissen (born 1817), legal historian and politician
- 28 October â Louis Roersch (born 1831), philologist
- 16 November â Camille van Camp (born 1834), painter
- 2 December â Caroline Boussart (born 1808), feminist
- 13 December â Jean Stas (born 1813), analytical chemist
- 20 December â Victor Jacobs (born 1838), politician
- Date to be determined
- Chantal Coché (born 1826), industrialist
