Events in the year 1857 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Pierre de Decker (to 9 November); Charles Rogier (from 9 November)
Events Jean Neuhaus opens an apothecary shop in Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert 28 May – Liberal protests near the Palace of the Nation against a proposed "convents" law that would give the Catholic Church more power to manage charitable foundations. 27 October – Municipal elections, giving a liberal victory. 30 October – Pierre de Decker's ministry resigns. 10 December – Snap legislative elections, giving a liberal victory.
Publications Periodicals Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M. E. Rampelbergh) Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie (Brussels, H. Tarlier) Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère, vol. 5.On Wikisource (French)On Google Books Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 11, edited by Isidore de Stein d'AltensteinOn Google Books Annuaire statistique et historique belge, vol. 4, edited by Auguste SchelerOn Google Books Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, vol. 23On Google Books in one binding with volumes 21 and 22 La Belgique, 4On Google Books La Belgique Horticole, vol. 7.On Google Books Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, ser. 2, vol. 1.On Google Books Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, vol. 3 (Brussels, Hayez). Collection de précis historiques, vol. 6, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.On Google Books Journal de l'armée belge, vols. 13-14On Google Books Journal d'horticulture pratique de la BelgiqueOn Google Books De toekomst: tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs begins publicationVolume 1 on Google Books
Official reports and monographs Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciauxOn Google Books Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 9On Google Books Joseph Jean De Smet, Vie de Saint-Liévin, patron de Gand et apôtre du pays d'Alost (Ghent) Jean-Joseph Thonissen, La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I, vol. 3 (Liège, J.-G. Lardinois)
Guidebooks and directories David Bogue, Belgium and the Rhine (London, Lee and Carter).On Google Books
Literature Frans de Cort, Liederen, eerste reeks (Antwerp)On Google Books
Births 12 January – Léon de Witte de Haelen, general (died 1933) 21 February – Jules de Trooz, politician (died 1907) 18 March – César Thomson, violinist (died 1931) 26 March – Edmond Deman, publisher (died 1918) 8 April – Marie Louise De Meester, religious foundress (died 1928) 27 April – Louis-Napoléon Chaltin, colonial officer (died 1933) 11 August – Cyriaque Gillain, general (died 1931) 25 August – Louis-Gustave Amelot, engineer (died 1884) 28 August – Auguste Goffinet, courtier (died 1927)
Deaths 4 January – François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (born 1779), politician 7 February – Félix de Mérode (born 1791), politician 28 February – André Dumont (born 1809), geologist 3 May – Jean Baptiste Smits (born 1792), politician
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