1849 in Belgium

Decades:	1830s ; 1840s ; 1850s ; 1860s ;
See also:	Other events of 1849 ; List of years in Belgium

Last updated November 01, 2025

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold I

Head of government: Charles Rogier

Events

24-26 March – Rio Nuñez incident off the West African coast
1 May – Jean-Baptiste Malou consecrated as bishop of Bruges
1 July – First Belgian postage stamp issued.
28 August – Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres first held

Publications

Periodicals

Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, 3.^[1]
Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 9.^[2]
Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 16 (Brussels, M. Hayez).^[3]

Books

Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique.^[4]

Art and architecture

Buildings

Saint Joseph's Church, Brussels

Paintings

Jacob Jacobs, Merchant Vessels off the Turkish Coast (1849) Jacobs3.jpeg — Jacob Jacobs, *Merchant Vessels off the Turkish Coast* (1849)

Louis Gallait, Art and Liberty
Jacob Jacobs, Merchant Vessels off the Turkish Coast

Births

25 March – Henri Van Dyck, painter (died 1934)
24 May – Albert Lancaster, meteorologist (died 1908)
31 May – Aymard d'Ursel, papal courtier (died 1939)
8 June – Julien Dillens, sculptor (died 1904)
10 June – Félix de Hemptinne, abbot (died 1913)
27 September – Emile Claus, painter (died 1924)
8 October – Alfred Verhaeren, painter (died 1924)
28 November – Albert Thys, businessman (died 1915)
2 December – Émile Braun, engineer (died 1927)
20 December – Philippe Dautzenberg, biologist (died 1935)

Deaths

15 February – Pierre François Verhulst (born 1804), mathematician
7 May – Theodoor van Rijswijck (born 1811), writer
31 May – Leonard du Bus de Gisignies (born 1770), soldier and politician
27 August – Dominic Barberi (born), religious
16 December – Maria Jacoba Ommeganck (born 1760), painter

References

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[1] "Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique". 1849.

[2] "Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique: 1849/50". 1849.

[3] On Google Books

[4] vol. 1, vol. 2

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