1877 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1877 in Belgium .

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold II

Head of government: Jules Malou

Events

• Musical Instrument Museum established in the Royal Conservatory of Brussels
• Plantin-Moretus Museum established in Antwerp
• 16 January – Extradition agreement with the Netherlands signed in Brussels. ^[1]
• 14 March – Trade agreement with Romania signed in Brussels. ^[2]
• 9 July – Law on secret ballot introduces use of voting booths at Belgian polling stations. ^[3]
• 19 August – Plantin-Moretus Museum opens to the public.

Publications

Georges Eekhoud, Myrtes & Cyprès (1877)

Periodicals

• Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique , 43 (Brussels, F. Hayez) ^[4]
• Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique , 46 (Brussels, F. Hayez). ^[5]
• Moniteur belge . ^[6]
• Recueil consulaire, 23 (Brussels, C. Torfs) ^[7]
• Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, 48 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe) ^[8]
• Revue de Belgique, 25-26. ^[9]
• Revue de l'instruction publique en Belgique, 20 (Ghent, Eug. Vanderhaeghen) ^[10]
• Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère, 3. ^[11]

Other

• Georges Eekhoud, Myrtes & Cyprès. ^[12]

Art and architecture

Jesuit house in Oostakker (completed 1877)

Buildings

• E. Van Hoecke-Peeters, Jesuit house in Oostakker ^[13]

Paintings

• Léon Herbo, portrait of the sculptor Julien Dillens, winner of the 1877 Prix de Rome
• Louis Tytgadt, Readers of the "Gazette van Gent" ^[14]

Science

• Louis Melsens becomes the second person to receive the Guinard Prize by the Brussels Academy, a Belgian award, given every 5 years since 1872, to the scientist who has written the best work or created the best invention to improve the material or intellectual position of the working class.

Births

• 9 January – Joseph Mansion, philologist (died 1937)
• 24 January – Louise van den Plas, feminist (died 1968)
• 21 February – Jean Capart, Egyptologist (died 1947)
• 11 March – Alfred Loewenstein, financier (died 1928)
• 3 July – Marthe de Kerchove de Denterghem, feminist (died 1956)
• 10 July – Hélène Dutrieu, cyclist and aviator (died 1961)
• 14 July – Marie Alexandrine Becker, poisoner (died 1942)
• 11 August – Aloïs Catteau, cyclist (died 1939)
• 10 September – Henri Denis, general (died 1957)
• 26 September – Bertha De Vriese, physician (died 1958)
• 6 October – Oscar Taelman, Olympic rower (died 1945)
• 10 November – Marie-Georges-Gérard-Léon le Maire de Warzée d'Hermalle, diplomat (died 1931)

Deaths

• 1 January – Adolf Alexander Dillens (born 1821), painter
• 3 April – Jean-Baptiste Madou (born 1796), artist
• 16 April – Auguste Payen (born 1801), architect
• 2 June – Eugène Prévinaire (born 1805), civil servant and banker
• 3 June – Camille de Briey (born 1800), diplomat
• November – Louis-Pierre Verwee (born 1807), painter
• 7 November – Henri Guillaume (born 1812), general

References

1. "Convention d'extradition entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 16 January 1877.
2. "Déclaration entre la Belgique et la Roumanie relative aux relations commerciales des deux pays". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 14 March 1877.
3. Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, 48 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1877), pp. 142-167. On Google Books
4. "Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique". 1877.
5. "Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". 1877.
6. January-March, April-June, July-September
7. étrangères, Belgium Ministère des affaires (November 7, 1877). "Recueil consulaire cotenant les rapports commerciaux des agents belges à l'étranger: Publié en exécution de l'arrêté royal du 13 novembre 1855 par le Ministère des affaires étrangèrs" – via Google Books.
8. "Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique". 1877.
9. "Revue de belgique". 1877.
10. "Revue de l'instruction publique en Belgique: 1877". 1877.
11. "Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère". 1877.
12. Eekhoud, Georges; Book, Start this. "Myrtes_&_Cyprès" – via Wikimedia Commons.
13. "Residentie Sint-Victor, klooster der jezuïeten". Inventaris onroerend erfgoed (in Dutch). Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.
14. Johan De Smet (5 December 2023). "Onder vrienden: "Lezers van de Gazette van Gent" van Louis Tytgadt".