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Events in the year 1865 in Belgium.
Incumbents
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- Monarch: Leopold I (until 10 December); Leopold II (from in 17 December)
- Head of government: Charles Rogier
Events
[edit]- March
- 16 March – Belgian state guarantees private savings.[1]: 679
- April
- 4 April – Opposition parties accuse government of breaching Belgian neutrality by involving the country in the Second French intervention in Mexico.[1]: 678
- May
- 1 May – Henricus Franciscus Bracq consecrated as bishop of Ghent
- 22 May — Commercial treaty with the German Customs Union signed in Berlin.[2]: 177–197
- 26 May – 1863–75 cholera pandemic caused 45,000 fatalities in Belgium in 1865.[1]: 678
- July
- 16 July – Belgian Legion wins Battle of la Loma in Mexico.[1]: 679
- August
- 21 August — Law on tariffs and customs reform published.[2]: i-v
- September
- 23 September – Brussels city council approves plans for the covering of the Senne.[1]: 680
- October
- 2 October – Sint-Lievenscollege founded in Ghent
- November
- 2 November – Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between China and Belgium, negotiated by Auguste t'Kint, signed in Beijing.[3]
- 14 November – Jules Bara succeeds Victor Tesch as Minister of Justice.[1]: 680
- December
- 10 December – Death of King Leopold I of Belgium.
- 16 December – Leopold I of Belgium buried in Laken, despite his wish to be buried in Windsor;[1]: 681 Auguste t'Kint arrives in Yokohama as the first Belgian diplomat in Japan.[3]
- 17 December – Leopold II of Belgium sworn in as King.
- 23 December — Convention between France, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland forming the Latin Monetary Union signed in Paris.[2]: 240-308
Publications
[edit]- Periodicals
- Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, H. Tarlier and Rozez)[4]
- Analectes pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique de la Belgique, vol. 2, edited by P. F. X. de Ram.[5]
- Annales de la Société d'émulation pour l'étude de l'histoire et des antiquités de la Flandre, 2nd series, vol. 13 (Bruges, Vandecasteele-Werbrouck)[6]
- Annuaire de l'Université catholique de Louvain, vol. 29 (Leuven, Vanlinthout)[7]
- Collection de précis historiques, vol. 14, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.[8]
- La Liberté begins publication (March).[1]: 679
- Revue Générale begins publication (January).[1]: 678
- Rond den Heerd begins publication (December).[1]: 680
- Scholarship
- Émile de Borchgrave, Histoire des colonies belges, qui s'établirent en Allemagne pendant le XIIe et le XIIIe siècle (Brussels)
- Joseph Jean De Smet (ed.), Recueil des chroniques de Flandre, vol. 4 (Brussels, Commission royale d'Histoire)[9]
- Joseph Jean De Smet, Mémoire historique sur la guerre de Maximilien, roi des Romains, contre les villes de Flandre (1482-1488) (Brussels, Hayez for Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium) – a study of the Flemish revolts against Maximilian of Austria.[10]
- Paul Henrard, Histoire de l'artillerie en Belgique depuis son origine jusqu'au règne d'Albert et d'Isabelle (Brussels, C. Muquardt)[11]
- Alphonse O'Kelly de Galway, Dictionnaire des cris d'armes et devises des personnages célèbres et des familles nobles et autres de la Belgique ancienne et moderne (Brussels, A. Schnée)[12]
- Literature
- Hendrik Conscience, De Burgemeester van Luik
Art and architecture
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- Buildings
- Arlon Synagogue completed.
- Paintings
- Henri Leys, Lucie Leys
Science
[edit]- Louis Melsens receives Montyon Prize for his work on the use of potassium iodide to treat mercury poisoning and lead poisoning.[1]: 678
Balance of trade
[edit]In 1865 imports to Belgium were valued at 1.364 million francs, with exports of 1.204 million francs.[13]
Births
[edit]- Date uncertain – Joseph Middeleer, painter (died 1939)
- 19 January – Égide Rombaux, sculptor (died 1942)
- 27 January – Ferdinand Feyerick, fencer (died 1920)
- 30 January – Marie de Bièvre, painter (died 1909)
- 25 February – Flavie Van den Hende, cellist (died 1925)
- 2 March – Théo Ysaÿe, composer (died 1918)
- 7 March – Jean Massart, botanist (died 1925)
- 2 April – Louise Danse, painter (died 1948)
- 4 April – Clément Van Bogaert, engineer (died 1937)
- 1 May – Frans Mortelmans, painter (died 1936)
- 4 May – Servais Le Roy, entertainer (died 1953)
- 9 May – August de Boeck, composer (died 1937)
- 21 May – Evert Larock, painter (died 1901)
- 6 June – Antoon Jozef Witteryck, publisher (died 1934)
- 15 June – Paul Gilson, composer (died 1942)
- 14 July – Marguerite Verboeckhoven, painter (died 1949)
- 11 December – Édouard Poncelet, archivist (died 1947)
Deaths
[edit]- 3 January – Joseph Lies, painter (born 1821)
- 5 January – Pierre Kersten, publisher (born 1789)
- 14 January – Marie-Anne Libert, botanist (born 1782)
- 19 March – Joseph Lebeau, politician (born 1794)
- 26 April – Charles-Joseph Sax musical instrument maker (born 1790)
- 14 May – Pierre François Xavier de Ram, historian (born 1804)
- 18 June – Antoine Wiertz, painter (born 1806)
- 12 July – Constant de Kerchove de Denterghem, politician (born 1790)
- 23 July – Frans Alfons Janssens, priest-scientist (died 1924)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
- ^ a b c Recueil des traités et conventions concernant le royaume de Belgique vol. 6, edited by Désiré de Garcia de la Vega (Brussels, 1866).
- ^ a b Dirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.
- ^ Almanach on Google Books.
- ^ Analectes on Google Books]
- ^ Annales at Internet Archive.
- ^ Annuaire at Internet Archive.
- ^ Collection de précis historiques on Google Books.
- ^ Recueil des chroniques de Flandre, vol. 4 on Google Books
- ^ Mémoire historique on Google Books.
- ^ Histoire de l'artillerie at Internet Archive.
- ^ Dictionnaire des cris d'armes at Internet Archive.
- ^ Minister of Finances, Tableau annuel du commerce avec les pays étrangers pendant l'année 1865 (Brussels, 1866), p. ix. (Available on Google Books)
