1873 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1873 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold II

Head of government: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt

Events

• 13 January
  • Convention with The Netherlands for building water defences on the Zwin comes into effect. ^[1]
  • Treaty with The Netherlands for the building of a railway line from Antwerp to Mönchengladbach over Dutch territory ("Iron Rhine Treaty") signed in Brussels. ^[2]
• 18 May – Law allowing the formation of limited liability companies. ^[3]
• 29 June – Mass demonstration in support of the right of Jozef Schoep, labourer, to use the Dutch language to register his child's birth.
• 10 July – Paul Verlaine shoots at Arthur Rimbaud, slightly injuring him.
• 8 August – Paul Verlaine sentenced to two years in prison for injuring Arthur Rimbaud with a fire arm.
• 23 July – Commercial treaty with France. ^[4]
• 17 August – Law allowing the use of Dutch in courts of law. ^[5]
• 27 December – Formal opening of Brussels Stock Exchange.

Publications

• Ministry of Public Works, Chemin de fer de l'état. Postes – Télégraphes. Compte-rendu des opérations pendant l'année 1872 (Brussels, Fr. Gobbaerts). ^[6]
• Henri Guillaume, Histoire des bandes d'ordonnance des Pays-Bas (Brussels, Académie Royale) ^[7]
• Jules Helbig, Histoire de la peinture au pays de Liège
• Émile de Laveleye, Des causes actuelles de guerre en Europe et de l'arbitrage ^[8]
• Eugène Van Bemmel, Patria Belgica: Encyclopédie nationale, vol. 1 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe & Cie., 1874) ^[9]

Art and architecture

Concert Noble ballroom (1873)

Buildings

• Léon-Pierre Suys, Brussels Stock Exchange
• Concert Noble ballroom, Brussels

Births

• 9 February – Maurits Sabbe, man of letters (died 1938)
• 28 February – Georges Theunis, politician (died 1966)
• 17 June – Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay (died 1926)
• 23 July – Marie Janson, politician (died 1960)
• 25 July – Henri Meunier, graphic artist (died 1922)
• 26 July – Pierre Nolf, scientist (died 1953)
• 16 September – Alfred Bastien, painter (died 1955)
• 14 December – Joseph Jongen, composer (died 1953)

Deaths

• 30 January – Emile Pierre Joseph De Cauwer (born 1828), painter
• 5 May – Albert Goblet d'Alviella (born 1790), politician
• 6 June – Ignatius Josephus van Regemorter (born 1785), artist
• 1 December – Augustin de Backer (born 1809) Jesuit bibliographer
• 9 December – Martinus Dom (born 1791), abbot of Westmalle

References

1. "Convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour l'endiguement international du Zwin, signée à Bruges le 24 mai 1872". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 24 May 1872.
2. "Traité entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour régler le passage du chemin de fer d'Anvers à Gladbach sur le territoire du Limbourg, signé à Bruxelles le 13 janvier 1873". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 13 January 1873.
3. Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique (Brussels, 1873), 150-166. On Google Books.
4. "Traité de commerce entre la Belgique et la France, signé à Versailles le 23 juillet 1873". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 23 July 1873.
5. Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique (Brussels, 1873), 268-329. On Google Books.
6. Chemin de fer on Google Books.
7. Histoire des bandes d’ordonnance des Pays-Bas. Mémoires des Membres. Vol. 40. Brussels: Académie royale de Belgique. 1873.
8. Des causes actuelles de guerre on Google Books.
9. Patria Belgica, vol. 1, on Google Books.