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The following lists events that happened during
1881
in the
Kingdom of Belgium
.
Contents
Incumbents
Events
Publications
Art and architecture
Births
Deaths
References
Incumbents
Monarch
:
Leopold II
[
1
]
Prime Minister
:
Walthère Frère-Orban
Events
10 May –
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
marries
Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria
, in the
Augustinian Church, Vienna
.
8 September –
Isidore-Joseph du Rousseaux
performs the
canonical coronation
of
Our Lady of Tongre
in
Chièvres
, mandated in a
papal brief
of
Pope Leo XIII
.
Publications
Periodicals
L'Art Moderne
begins publication.
[
2
]
Books
Exposition de l'art ancien au Pays de Liège: Catalogue officiel
(Liège, L. Grandmont-Donders)
[
3
]
A Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium
(London, John Murray).
[
4
]
Alfred Giron,
Le droit administratif de la Belgique
(Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe)
[
5
]
François Nizet,
Voyage de Bruxelles à Aix-la-Chapelle: Excursions de Sa Majesté la Reine des Belges
(Brussels)
[
6
]
Art and architecture
Halles Saint-Géry
in Brussels
Buildings
Adolphe Vanderheggen
,
Halles Saint-Géry
(Brussels)
Births
15 January –
Maurice Corneil de Thoran
, musician (died 1953)
6 February –
Huib Hoste
, architect (died 1957)
28 February –
Geo Verbanck
, sculptor (died 1961)
17 March –
Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie
, sportsman and soldier (died 1967)
12 March –
Henri Grégoire
, scholar and translator (died 1964)
12 April –
François Poels
, trade unionist (died 1926)
28 July –
Léon Spilliaert
, artist (died 1946)
Deaths
6 June –
Henri Vieuxtemps
(born 1820), composer
27 July –
François-Joseph Scohy
(born 1831), archaeologist
7 November –
Auguste Vander Meersch
(born 1810), biographer
12 November –
Jan Michiel Ruyten
(born 1813), artist
28 December –
André-Eugène Pirson
(born 1817), banker and politician
References
↑
"Leopold II | king of Belgium"
.
Encyclopedia Britannica
. Retrieved
28 March
2019
.
↑
René Fayt.
"Résumé"
.
Périodiques numérisés dans le cadre de l'Action de Recherche Concertée
.
Université libre de Bruxelles
.
↑
"Exposition de l'art ancien au Pays de Liège Catalogue officiel. 1881"
. L. Grandmont-Donders , impr. 1881.
↑
On Google Books
↑
vol. 1
,
vol. 2
↑
"Voyage de Bruxelles a aix-la-chapelle"
. 1881.
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