1830 in Belgium

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Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1830 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1830 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Monarch : William I of the Netherlands (to 4 October)

Events

Gustave Wappers Episode of the September Days 1830 (1835)

August

• 25 August – Belgian Revolution begins

September

• 24 September – Provisional Government of Belgium formed

October

• October – Garde Civique formed to maintain public order
• 4 October – Provisional government proclaims Belgian independence. ^{[1] [2]}
• 17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands. ^[3]
• 27 October – Belgian forces take Antwerp; Dutch forces bombard the city from Antwerp Citadel. ^[1]

November

• 3 November – Elections for the National Congress of Belgium held.
• 10 November – First session of the National Congress of Belgium. ^[4]
• 25 November – Étienne-Modeste Glorieux founds the fraternity in Ronse that would eventually become the Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

December

• 26 December – The five powers represented in the London Conference (Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) recognise Belgian independence. ^[1]

Publications

• Almanach du commerce du royaume des Pays-Bas: Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Grignon) ^[5]
• Promenades dans Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Berthot) ^[6]
• Vade Mecum, ou description de Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, C. J. De Mat) ^[7]

Births

• 13 April – Ferdinand Pauwels, painter (died 1904)
• 25 April – Julius de Geyter, writer (died 1905)
• 1 May – Guido Gezelle, poet (died 1899)
• 28 May – Prosper de Haulleville, newspaperman (died 1898)

Deaths

• 26 February – Joseph Denis Odevaere (born 1775), painter
• 4 November – Frédéric de Merode (born 1798), revolutionary
• 17 November – Petrus Johannes van Regemorter (born 1755), painter
• 27 November – André Parmentier (born 1780), landscape architect

References

1. William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 76.
2. Richard Nelsson (7 October 2020). "The Birth of Belgium – Archive, 1830". The Guardian .
3. Eric Van Schoonenberghe, Alcohol tijdens de negentiende eeuw: Biotechnologie in volle evolutie (Snoeck, 2012), pp. 24-25.
4. "Discussions du Congrès national de Belgique. Séance du 10 novembre 1830".
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