1877 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1877 in Belgium.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- Musical Instrument Museum established in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
- Plantin-Moretus Museum established in Antwerp
- 16 January – Extradition agreement with the Netherlands signed in Brussels.[1]
- 14 March – Trade agreement with Romania signed in Brussels.[2]
- 9 July – Law on secret ballot introduces use of voting booths at Belgian polling stations.[3]
- 19 August – Plantin-Moretus Museum opens to the public.
Publications[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 9 January – Joseph Mansion, philologist (died 1937)
- 24 January – Louise van den Plas, feminist (died 1968)
- 21 February – Jean Capart, Egyptologist (died 1947)
- 11 March – Alfred Loewenstein, financier (died 1928)
- 3 July – Marthe de Kerchove de Denterghem, feminist (died 1956)
- 10 July – Hélène Dutrieu, cyclist and aviator (died 1961)
- 14 July – Marie Alexandrine Becker, poisoner (died 1942)
- 11 August – Aloïs Catteau, cyclist (died 1939)
- 10 September – Henri Denis, general (died 1957)
- 26 September – Bertha De Vriese, physician (died 1958)
- 6 October – Oscar Taelman, Olympic rower (died 1945)
- 10 November – Marie-Georges-Gérard-Léon le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle, diplomat (died 1931)
Deaths[edit]
- 1 January – Adolf Alexander Dillens (born 1821), painter
- 3 April – Jean-Baptiste Madou (born 1796), artist
- 16 April – Auguste Payen (born 1801), architect
- 2 June – Eugène Prévinaire (born 1805), civil servant and banker
- 3 June – Camille de Briey (born 1800), diplomat
- November – Louis-Pierre Verwee (born 1807), painter
- 7 November – Henri Guillaume (born 1812), general
References[edit]
- ^ "Convention d'extradition entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 16 January 1877.
- ^ "Déclaration entre la Belgique et la Roumanie relative aux relations commerciales des deux pays". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 14 March 1877.
- ^ Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, 48 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1877), pp. 142-167. On Google Books
- ^ "Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique". 1877.
- ^ "Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". 1877.
- ^ January-March, April-June, July-September
- ^ étrangères, Belgium Ministère des affaires (November 7, 1877). "Recueil consulaire cotenant les rapports commerciaux des agents belges à l'étranger: Publié en exécution de l'arrêté royal du 13 novembre 1855 par le Ministère des affaires étrangèrs" – via Google Books.
- ^ "Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique". 1877.
- ^ "Revue de belgique". 1877.
- ^ "Revue de l'instruction publique en Belgique: 1877". 1877.
- ^ "Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère". 1877.
- ^ Eekhoud, Georges; Book, Start this. "Myrtes_&_Cyprès" – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "Residentie Sint-Victor, klooster der jezuïeten". Inventaris onroerend erfgoed (in Dutch). Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.
- ^ Johan De Smet (5 December 2023). "Onder vrienden: "Lezers van de Gazette van Gent" van Louis Tytgadt".
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