1863 in Belgium

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Events in the year 1863 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

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Monarch: Leopold I
Head of government: Charles Rogier

## Events

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* 9 April – Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation with the Kingdom of Italy signed in Turin.[1]
* 12 May – Commercial treaty with the Netherlands, including Dutch agreement to perpetual abolition of tolls on the Scheldt river in return for a payment of 17 million guilders[2][3]
* 20 May – Commercial treaty with the United States, bringing relations into line with the free trade agreements already signed with France (1861), the United Kingdom (1862) and the Netherlands (1863).[4]
* 9 June – Partial legislative elections of 1863
* 16 July – Multilateral treaty for the redemption of the Scheldt tolls signed in Brussels[5]
* 27 July – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, bringing relations into line with the free trade agreements already signed with France (1861), the United Kingdom (1862) and the Netherlands (1863).[6]
* 1 August – Clipper Marnix van Sinte-Aldegonde the first ship to sail toll-free from Antwerp to the mouth of the Scheldt.[7]
* 11 August – State visit of Queen Victoria to Belgium.[8]
* 18-22 August – First Catholic Congress in Mechelen.
* Guild of Saint Thomas and Saint Luke for the study and promotion of Christian art founded
* 19 September – Convention modifying the 1852 postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.[9]
* 26 December – Solvay chemical company founded.[10]

## Publications

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Periodicals

* Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, vol. 31[11]
* La Belgique horticole, edited by Édouard Morren[12]
* Bulletin du Bibliophile Belge, vol. 19, edited by A. Scheler (Brussels, F. Heussner)[13]
* Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, second series, vol. 15[14]
* Collection de précis historiques, vol. 12, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.[15]
* Dubbele wegwyzer der stad Gent en der provincie Oost-Vlaenderen, vol. 1 (Ghent, Vanderhaeghen)[16]
* Revue belge et étrangère, 15[17]
* Revue Trimestrielle, vol. 38[18]
* Le Timbre-Poste begins publication

Studies and reports

* Prosper de Haulleville, Les Catholiques et les libertés constitutionnelles en Belgique
* Émile de Laveleye, Essai sur l'économie rurale de la Belgique[19]

Historical editions

* Louis Galesloot, Procès de François Anneessens: doyen du corps des métiers de Bruxelles, vol. 2 (Brussels and The Hague)[20]
* Jehan le Bel, Les vrayes chroniques, edited by Lambert Polain, vol. 1[21]

## Art and architecture

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Performances

* 3 January – First performance of Charles Hugo's stage adaptation of Les Misèrables, Théâtre Royal des Galeries, Brussels

## Births

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* 10 January – Félix Wielemans, soldier (died 1917)
* 3 February – Charles Magnette, politician (died 1937)
* 8 March – Théophile Bovy, journalist (died 1937)
* 3 April – Henry van de Velde, painter (died 1957)
* 21 April – Paul Lebrun, composer (died 1920)
* 25 June – Émile Francqui, philanthropist (died 1935)
* 26 June
* Paul Pelseneer, biologist (died 1945)
* Henri Quersin, marksman (died 1944)
* 13 August – Pol Demade, writer (died 1936)
* 21 August – Jules Destrée, politician (died 1936)
* 1 September – Herman Baltia, soldier (died 1938)
* 14 November – Leo Baekeland, chemist (died 1944)
* 10 December – Maurice Hennequin, playwright (died 1926)

## Deaths

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* 8 February – Martin Martens (born 1797), botanist and chemist
* 14 May – Emmanuel Noterman (born 1808), painter
* 18 July – Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx (born 1774), politician
* 19 July – André-Napoléon Fontainas (born 1807), politician
* 26 September – Jean Thienpont (born 1774), politician
* 31 October – Augustus Van Dievoet (born 1803), judge

## References

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1. ^ "Traité d'amitié, de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et l'Italie, signé à Turin le 9 avril 1863". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 9 April 1863.
2. ^ Olivier Keun (11 March 2013). "Afkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar". G/Geschiedenis (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
3. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 73-75. On Google Books
4. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 93. On Google Books
5. ^ Treaty between Austria, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Hanover, Italy, Oldenburg, Peru, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey and the Hanse Towns (Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck), and Belgium, for the Redemption of the Scheldt Tolls, signed at Brussels, 16 July 1863. Oxford Historical Treaties online Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 99. On Google Books
7. ^ Olivier Keun (11 March 2013). "Afkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar". G/Geschiedenis (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
8. ^ William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 77.
9. ^ "Convention, signée à Bruxelles, le 19 septembre 1863, additionnelle à la convention postale entre la Belgique et l'office du prince de la Tour et Taxis du 28 février 1852". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 19 September 1863.
10. ^ Nicolas Coupain, "The Pioneering Years (1863-1914)", in Kenneth Bertrams et al., Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm (Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. 22.
11. ^ Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal on Google Books.
12. ^ La Belgique horticole on Google Books.
13. ^ Bulletin du Bibliophile on Google Books.
14. ^ Bulletins de l'Académie royale on Google Books.
15. ^ Collection de précis historiques on Google Books.
16. ^ Dubbele wegwyzer.
17. ^ "Revue belge et étrangère". 1863.
18. ^ April issue on Google Books.
19. ^ Essai sur l'économie rurale on Google Books.
20. ^ Procès de François Anneessens on Google Books.
21. ^ Les vrayes chroniques on Google Books.

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