1852 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1852 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Henri de Brouckère, prime minister 1852-1855

Monarch: Leopold I

Head of government: Charles Rogier (to 31 October); Henri de Brouckère (from 31 October)

Events

• 12 February – State visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Belgium. ^[1]
• 15 April – Postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels. ^[2]
• 24 May – Provincial elections
• 8 June – Partial legislative elections of 1852.
• 22 August – Franco-Belgian conventions on intellectual property and tariffs. ^[3]
• 31 October – Henri de Brouckère replaces Charles Rogier as Prime Minister.
• 7 November – Théodore de Montpellier consecrated as bishop of Liège in succession to Cornelius van Bommel.

Publications

Periodicals

• Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique) ^[4]
• La Belgique Horticole , vol. 2. ^[5]

Guidebooks and directories

• Belgium and the Rhine (London, David Bogue). ^[6]
• Guide pittoresque du voyageur en Belgique: Itinéraire artistique, industriel et manufacturier (Guide Richard, 7th edition; Paris, L. Maison) ^[7]
• Murray's Handbook for Belgium and the Rhine (London, John Murray) ^[8]

Other

• Collection des discours prononcés aux distributions de prix des athénées royaux (Tournai, Bureau du Moniteur de l'Enseignement) ^[9]
• Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, M. Hayez) ^[10]
• Jules de Saint-Genois, Feuillets détachés

Art and architecture

Louis Gallait, Gypsy Woman with Two Children (1852)

Paintings

• Louis Gallait, Gypsy Woman with Two Children

Births

• 24 January – Alexander Struys, painter (died 1941)
• 7 March – Constant de Deken, missionary (died 1896)
• 25 March – Gérard Cooreman, politician (died 1926)
• 27 March – Jan van Beers, artist (died 1927)
• 10 April – Arthur Vierendeel, engineer (died 1940)
• 21 April – Edward Maene, sculptor (died 1931)
• 9 June – Frans Van Kuyck, artist (died 1915)
• 12 July – Henry Moeller, review editor (died 1918)
• 31 August – Joris Helleputte, architect and politician (died 1925)
• 20 September – Édouard Empain, engineer-entrepreneur (died 1929)
• 2 December – Lucien Bia, soldier (died 1892)

Deaths

Henri Decaisne (1799–1852), self-portrait c. 1850

• 28 January – Augustin Dumon-Dumortier (born 1791), industrialist and politician
• 7 April – Cornelius van Bommel (born 1790), bishop of Liège
• 6 May – Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens (born 1777), theatre director
• 17 October – Henri Decaisne (born 1799), painter

References

1. William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 76.
2. "Convention postale entre la Belgique et l'office du Prince de la Tour et Taxis, signée à Bruxelles". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 28 February 1852.
3. C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 21-22.
4. "Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé et Mis en Ordre Par H. Tarlier". 1852.
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10. Vol. 3 on Google Books.