1850 in Belgium

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* 1870s

See also:| Other events of 1850
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1850 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

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Monarch: Leopold I
Head of government: Charles Rogier

## Events

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Foundation cross of Scourmont Abbey

* Sint-Lodewijkscollege established in Lokeren
* 14 February – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the Russian Empire signed in Berlin.[1]
* 5 May – National Bank of Belgium founded
* 27 May - Provincial elections
* 11 June – Partial legislative elections
* 25 July – Scourmont Priory established
* 4 August – Mediation by the King of the Belgians leads to the restoration of diplomatic relations between Spain and the United Kingdom.[2]
* 25 September – King Leopold lays the first stone of the Congress Column in Brussels
* 31 October – Treaty of commerce and navigation with Bolivia signed in Brussels[3]

## Publications

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Periodicals

* Almanach de poche de Bruxelles[4]
* Almanach royal officiel[5]
* Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein (Brussels, Muquardt)[6]
* Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 21 (Brussels, E. Devroye).[7]
* Revue de Bruxelles ceases publication

Books

* Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique, vol. 3.[8]
* Adolphe Joanne, Voyage en Orient (Ixelles lez Bruxelles, Delevingne & Callewaert)[9]
* Edouard Mary, Epîtres en vers sur la Belgique.
* Jean-Joseph Thonissen, Le Socialisme et ses promesses (2 volumes)
* Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique: Les vers cestoïdes ou acotyles (Brussels, Hayez)[10]
* Edward Weller, Nouveau dictionnaire anglais-français et français-anglais (Brussels)

## Art and architecture

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Paintings

* Jan August Hendrik Leys, Divine Service in Holland

## Births

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* 5 January – Theodoor Verstraete, artist (died 1907)
* 30 January – Emma De Vigne, painter (died 1898)
* 20 February – Eugène Joors, painter (died 1910)
* 20 March – Marietta Hannon Rousseau, mycologist (died 1926)
* 14 April – Fredegand Cogels, politician (died 1932)
* 9 May – Fernande de Mertens, painter (died 1924)
* 8 October – Léon Herbo, painter (died 1907)
* 4 November – Jules Bilmeyer, architect (died 1920)
* 17 November – Hippolyte d'Ursel, politician and historian (died 1937)
* 29 December – Frans Van Leemputten, painter (died 1914)

## Deaths

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* 29 April – Charles de Brouckère (born 1757), politician
* 5 September – Paul-François Huart-Chapel (born 1770), industrialist and politician
* 11 October – Queen Louise (born 1812)

## References

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1. ^ "Traité de navigation et de commerce entre la Belgique et la Russie". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 14 February 1850.
2. ^ Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 308.
3. ^ "Traité de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et la Bolivie". RefLex.be. Council of State (Belgium). 31 October 1850.
4. ^ On Archives de Bruxelles
5. ^ On Archives de Bruxelles
6. ^ Annuaire on Google Books.
7. ^ Recueil des lois on Google Books.
8. ^ Dictionnaire généalogique on Google Books.
9. ^ Voyage en Orient on Google Books.
10. ^ Recherches sur la faune littorale on Google Books.

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