1838 in Belgium

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Decades:	1830s 1840s 1850s
See also:	Other events of 1838 List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1838 in Belgium .

Incumbents

• Monarch: Leopold I
• Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt ^[1]

Events

• 7 April – Tariffs raised on woollen cloth, porcelain, glass, crystal and chemical products. ^{[2] : 630}
• 15 May – Court of assizes to have jury verdicts. ^{[2] : 632}
• 28 May – Provincial elections
• 1 June – Parliament approves government loan of 2 million Belgian francs for building highways and railways. ^{[2] : 630}
• June – Ghent linen factories begin mechanising. ^{[2] : 630}
• 1 August – Westmalle Brewery begins operations
• 24 September – Monument to the fallen of the Belgian Revolution inaugurated on Place des Martyrs, Brussels. ^{[2] : 632}
• 3 September – Insurance scheme established for railway workers. ^{[2] : 631}
• 17 December – Run on the Banque de Belgique. ^{[2] : 631}
• 23 December – Declarations on postal reciprocity between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main. ^[3]

Publications

Periodicals

• Almanach royal et du commerce de Belgique (Brussels, Balleroy) ^[4]
• Annuaire du clergé catholique du royaume de Belgique (Brussels, L. Schapen) ^[5]
• Journal historique et littéraire , vol. 5 (Liège, P. Kersten). ^[6]
• Messager des sciences et des arts de la Belgique, vol. 6 (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck) ^[7]
• Revue de Bruxelles , 2. ^[8]

Official publications

• Documents statistiques sur le Royaume de Belgique: recueillis et publiés par le Ministre de l'Intérieur (Brussels, Ch.-J. de Mat) ^[9]

Guidebooks and directories

• Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Guide pittoresque et artistique du voyageur en Belgique (Brussels, Société Belge de Librairie) ^[10]

Fiction

• Hendrik Conscience, De Leeuw van Vlaenderen (Antwerp, L.J. de Cort).

Art and architecture

Guillaume Geefs, Pro Patria, Place des Martyrs, Brussels (1838)

Sculptures

• Guillaume Geefs, Pro Patria, Place des Martyrs, Brussels

Births

• 3 January – Joseph Dupont, violinist (died 1899)
• 18 March – Jan Stobbaerts, painter (died 1914)
• 14 April – Charles Moeller, historian (died 1922)
• 16 April – Ernest Solvay, industrial chemist (died 1922)
• 23 April – Alfred Verwee, painter (died 1895)
• 9 July – Henriette Mayer van den Bergh, art collector (died 1920)
• 7 September – Louis Delacenserie, architect (died 1909)
• 23 September – Xavier de Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin, bibliophile (died 1896)
• 6 October – Henry Gabriels, bishop (died 1921)
• 15 October – August Vandekerkhove, writer and painter (died 1923)
• 30 October – Lodewijk de Koninck, writer (died 1924)

Deaths

• 9 February – Françoise Blin de Bourdon (born 1756), religious leader
• 3 August – Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (born 1769), mayor of Brussels
• 7 August – Jean-François van de Velde (born 1779), bishop of Ghent

References

1. Georges-Henri Dumont, Chronologie de la Belgique: De 1830 à nos jours (Le Cri, 2017).
2. Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
3. "Déclarations de réciprocité concernant la poste entre la Belgique et l'Office du Prince de la Tour et Taxis, signées à Francfort-sur-le-Main". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 23 December 1838.
4. Almanach royal on Google Books.
5. Annuaire du clergé on Google Books.
6. Journal historique et littéraire, 5 on Google Books.
7. Messager des sciences et des arts on Google Books.
8. Revue de Bruxelles, 2 on Google Books.
9. Documents statistiques on Google Books.
10. Guide pittoresque on Google Books.