Events in the year 1867 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Head of government: Charles Rogier
Events
February 2 February – Mines across the Charleroi coalfield closed by strikes.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). 13 February – Work starts on Covering of the Senne in Brussels 23 February – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, mutually granting most favoured nation status.C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 99-100. On Google Books
April 25 April – Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, marries Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
May 11 May – Treaty of London establishes independence of Luxembourg; Prussian forces evacuated from Grand-Duchy. 17 May – New criminal code published. 19 May – Paper ballots introduced in elections.
July Delhaize Brothers begin trading. 11-18 July – 2,400 Belgian Volunteers visit London, received by the Lord Mayor, entertained by the Wimbledon Volunteers, and a ball held in their honour at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, attended by Prince Albert.Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), pp. 781,783.
August 2 August – Peter Benoit becomes head of the Antwerp conservatory.
September 2-7 September – Third Catholic Congress in Mechelen.
December 8 December – Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps named Archbishop of Mechelen in succession to the recently deceased Engelbert Sterckx (enthroned 28 January 1868).
Art and architecture
September – Exhibition of Old Masters in Bruges, organised by the Guild of Saint Thomas and Saint Luke Buildings
Church of St Gertrude, Wetteren
Paintings
Euphrosine Beernaert, Pond in Villers-la-Ville Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, The Love Letter Constantin Meunier, Saint Stephen Alfred Stevens, Hesitation
Publications Periodicals Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, E. Guyot) Annales des travaux publics de Belgique, vol. 25 Bulletin de la Société royale de botanique de Belgique, vol. 6 Le Catholique, vol. 2 Collection de précis historiques, 16, edited by Edouard Terwecoren
Books Charles De Coster, La Légende d'Uylenspiegel (Brussels)
Births 19 January – Jean Delville, painter (died 1953) 28 February – William Degouve de Nuncques, painter (died 1935) 2 April – Louise Danse, painter (died 1948) 6 April – Maurice De Wulf, philosopher (died 1947) 15 May – Jef Leempoels, painter (died 1935) 27 May – Anna De Weert, painter (died 1950) 4 August – Valerius de Saedeleer, painter (died 1941) 7 August – Léo d'Ursel, diplomat (died 1934) 10 August – Bruno Destrée, monk-poet (died 1919) 21 June – Meyrianne Héglon, opera singer (died 1942) 8 November Léopold Charlier, violinist (died 1936) Léon Houa, cyclist (died 1918) 27 December – Léon Delacroix, prime minister (died 1929)
Deaths 10 January – Alfred Mosselman (born 1810), industrialist 2 March – Frans-Andries Durlet (born 1816), architect 4 June – Jan Teichmann (born 1788), engineer 10 September – Jules de Saint-Genois (born 1813), politician 12 November – Charles Frédéric Dubois (born 1804), naturalist 4 December – Engelbert Sterckx (born 1792), archbishop
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