1847 in Belgium

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See also:| Other events of 1847
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1847 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

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Charles Rogier, Prime Minister 1847–1852 and 1857–1868

* Monarch: Leopold I
* Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (to 12 August); Charles Rogier (from 12 August)

## Events

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A 19th-century view of the Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, opened 20 June 1847

* 7 June – Théâtre des Galeries opens in Brussels.
* 8 June – Partial legislative elections.
* 20 June – Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert shopping arcade opened in Brussels.
* 1 July – Opening of the Exposition des produits de l'industrie nationale in Brussels.[1]
* 9 August – Antwerp–Ghent railway line completed.
* 27 September – Premonstratensians return to Postel Abbey.[2]

## Publications

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Periodicals

* Annales parlementaires de Belgique[3]
* Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique (Brussels, M. Hayez), vol. 14.[4]
* Messager des sciences historiques (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck).[5]
* Revue de Bruxelles[6]

Exhibitions

* J.B.A.M. Jobard, Exposition de l'industrie Belge 1847[7]
* Catalogue des produits de l'industrie belge admis à l'exposition de 1847[8]

Scholarship

* André Dumont, Mémoire sur les terrains Ardennais et Rhénan de l'Ardenne, du Rhin, du Brabant et du Condros (Brussels, Hayez)[9]
* Émile Louis Victor de Laveleye, L'Histoire des rois francs

Literature

* Tegenwoordig België (Liberalen, Katholyken en Vlaemsche-beweging) door Een' Noord-Nederlander beoordeeld (Ghent, Snoeck-Ducaju en zoon); reprinted from De Gids.[10]
* Hippoliet Van Peene, "De Vlaamse Leeuw", song set to music by Karel Miry
* Hippoliet Van Peene, Willem van Dampierre, historical drama

## Art and architecture

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Antoine Wiertz, La Belle Rosine (1847)

Buildings

* Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar's Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert completed

Paintings

* Antoine Wiertz, La Belle Rosine

## Births

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* 9 March – Martin Pierre Marsick, composer (died 1924)
* 9 April – Léon Mignon, sculptor (died 1898)
* 11 May – Godefroid Kurth, historian (died 1916)
* 27 August – Édouard Descamps, jurist and politician (died 1933)
* 31 August – Arthur Verhaegen, architect and politician (died 1917)
* 3 October – Frantz Jourdain, architect (died 1935)

## Deaths

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* 19 March – Karel Lodewijk Ledeganck (born 1805), writer
* 4 April – Julie du Bosch (born 1797), social reformer

## References

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1. ^ Catalogue des produits de l'industrie belge admis à l'exposition de 1847 (1847) on Google Books
2. ^ Theodoor Ignaz Welvaarts, Postel en zijn vroegere invloed in Nederland (1882), p. 7 on Google Books.
3. ^ Parlement, Belgium (1847). "Annales parlementaires de Belgique".
4. ^ "Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique". 1847.
5. ^ "Messager des sciences historiques, ou archives des arts et de la bibliographie de Belgique: 1847". 1847.
6. ^ vol. 3 (1847), vol. 4 (1847)
7. ^ "Exposition de l'industrie Belge 1847". 1847.
8. ^ "Catalogue des produits de l'industrie Belge admis à l'exposition de 1847". 1847.
9. ^ Dumont, André (1847). "Mémoire sur les terrains ardennais et rhénan de l'Ardenne, du Rhin, du Brabant et du Condros".
10. ^ Noord-Nederlander, Een (1847). "Tegenwoordig België, (Liberalen, katholieken en Vlaemsche-beweging)".

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