Events in the year 1836 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt
Events 15 March – Annual general meeting of the Banque de Belgique, founded the previous year.Banque de Belgique. Assemblée générale annuelle, tenue le 15 mars 1836 (1836) (On Google Books) 30 March – Law on municipalities of Belgium passed: mayors and aldermen to be appointed by the crown from among those elected to the local council; crown cannot disband local councils.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). 30 April – Law on provinces of Belgium passes: provincial governors appointed by the crown; crown cannot disband provincial councils. 2 May – Parliament empowers government to raise 6 million francs for road-building. 27 May – Postal convention with the Kingdom of France signed in Brussels (to enter into force 29 June). 18 June – Belgium adopts metric system. 29 September - Provincial elections 31 October – Provincial Council of Hainaut approves the foundation of the École des Mines de Mons. 4 November – Jan Frans Willems and Jean-Baptist David found Flemish literary society Maetschappij tot Bevordering der Vlaemsche Tael en Letterkunde.
Publications Periodicals Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M.-E. Rampelbergh)On Google Books Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, M. Hayez)On Internet Archive Journal historique et littéraire, vol. 3 (Liège, P. Kersten).On Google Books. Messager des sciences et des arts, vol. 4 (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck)On Google Books
Monographs and reports Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et réglements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgiquevol. 10, vol. 11, vol. 12, vol. 13, vol. 14. L. Alvin, Compte-rendu du salon d'exposition de Bruxelles, 1836 (Brussels, J. P. Meline)On Internet Archive Charles de Brouckère and F. Tielemans, Répertoire de l'administration et du droit administratif de la Belgique, Vol. 3 (Brussels, Weissenbruch)On Google Books Zoé de Gamond, Des devoirs des femmes et des moyens les plus propres d'assurer leur bonheur (Brussels, L. Hauman)On Google Books Joseph Jean De Smet, Coup-d'oeil sur l'histoire ecclésiastique dans les premières années du XIXe siècle (Ghent) Guillaume Tell Poussin, Chemins de fer américains (Brussels, Th. Lejeune)
Art and architecture
Paintings Antoine Wiertz, The Greeks and the Trojans Fighting over the Body of Patroclus
Buildings Auguste Payen, Porte de Namur tollbooths, Brussels
Births 3 March – Léonie de Waha, feminist (died 1926) 29 March – Léon d'Andrimont, politician (died 1905) 17 May – Virginie Loveling, author and poet (died 1923) 9 June – Guillaume Vogels, painter (died 1896) 12 June – Bernardine Hamaekers, soprano (died 1912) 9 July – Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, entrepreneur (died 1904) 23 August – Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (died 1902) 10 November – Julius Vuylsteke, poet-politician (died 1903) 15 December – Edmond Picard, jurist (died 1924)
Deaths 27 October – Joséphine-Rosalie de Walckiers (born 1765), composer 7 November – Philippe-Charles Schmerling (born 1791), palaeontologist
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