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

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

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References

↑ "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.
↑ "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.
↑ Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique (Brussels, 1873), 150-166. On Google Books.
↑ "Traité de commerce entre la Belgique et la France, signé à Versailles le 23 juillet 1873". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 23 July 1873.
↑ Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique (Brussels, 1873), 268-329. On Google Books.
↑ Chemin de fer on Google Books.
↑ Histoire des bandes d’ordonnance des Pays-Bas. Mémoires des Membres. 40. Brussels: Académie royale de Belgique. 1873.
↑ Des causes actuelles de guerre on Google Books.
↑ Patria Belgica, vol. 1, on Google Books.

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[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. 40. Brussels: Académie royale de Belgique. 1873.

[8] Des causes actuelles de guerre on Google Books.

[9] Patria Belgica, vol. 1, on Google Books.

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