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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) [1]
- Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie (Brussels, H. Tarlier) [2]
- Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère, vol. 5. [3] [4]
- Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 11, edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein [5]
- Annuaire statistique et historique belge, vol. 4, edited by Auguste Scheler [6]
- Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, vol. 23 [7]
- La Belgique, 4 [8]
- La Belgique Horticole, vol. 7. [9]
- Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, ser. 2, vol. 1. [10]
- Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, vol. 3 (Brussels, Hayez). [11]
- Collection de précis historiques, vol. 6, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J. [12]
- Journal de l'armée belge, vols. 13-14 [13]
- Journal d'horticulture pratique de la Belgique [14]
- De toekomst: tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs begins publication [15]
- Official reports and monographs
- Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciaux [16]
- Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 9 [17]
- Joseph Jean De Smet, Vie de Saint-Liévin, patron de Gand et apôtre du pays d'Alost (Ghent) [18]
- Jean-Joseph Thonissen, La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I, vol. 3 (Liège, J.-G. Lardinois) [19]
- Guidebooks and directories
- David Bogue, Belgium and the Rhine (London, Lee and Carter). [20]
- Literature
- Frans de Cort, Liederen, eerste reeks (Antwerp) [21]
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)
- 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
References
- ^ "Nouvel almanach de poche, de Bruxelles, pour ... ; contenant les indications les plus utiles aux étrangers et aux habitans". 1857.
- ^ "Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie". 1857.
- ^ On Wikisource (French)
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books in one binding with volumes 21 and 22
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ "Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". 1857.
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ Volume 1 on Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ Joseph Jean De Smet (1857). Vie de Saint-Liévin, patron de Gand et apôtre du pays d'Alost. Ghent: Vanryckegem-Lepère.
- ^ Jean-Joseph Thonissen (1857). La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I. Vol. 3. Liège: J.-G. Lardinois.
- ^ On Google Books
- ^ On Google Books
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