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1900 In Belgium
Events in the year 1900 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch: Leopold II *Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer Events * 4 April – Jean-Baptiste Sipido shoots at the Prince of Wales in Brussels-North railway station * 27 May – Belgian general election, 1900 * 3 June – Provincial elections * 2 October – Wedding of King Albert I of Belgium and Elisabeth of Bavaria. Publications ;Periodicals * ''Annales de la Société d'Archéologie de Bruxelles'', vol. 14 (Brussels, Alfred Vromant) ;Scholarship * Maurice De Wulf, ''Histoire de la Philosophie Médiévale'' * Karl Hanquet, ''Étude critique sur la Chronique de Saint-Hubert dite Cantatorium'' * Henri Pirenne, '' Histoire de Belgique'', vol. 1. * Max Rooses (ed.), ''Het schildersboek: Nederlandsche schilders der negentiende eeuw'', vol. 4, * Emile Vandervelde, ''Le propriété foncière en Belgique'' ;Literature * Émile Verhaeren, ''Le cloître'' (Brussels, Edmond Deman) * Émile Verhaeren, ''Petites légendes'' (Brussels, Edmo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. Its institutional organization is complex and is structured on both regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Histoire De Belgique (book Series)
''Histoire de Belgique'' ( French; ) is a seven-volume survey of the Belgian history by the historian Henri Pirenne (1862–1935) written in French and published between 1900 and 1932. The series, which traces the emergence of the Belgian nation-state from the Roman era until the start of World War I, is a classic of nationalist historiography and one of Pirenne's major works. Although Pirenne is today best known as a historian of Medieval Europe, the ''Histoire de Belgique'' series was his most respected work during his lifetime and the foundation of his reputation as Belgium's leading public historian. Argument and reception Unlike much nationalist historiography, Pirenne's history did not trace the emergence of a "Volksgeist" (national spirit) but argued that Belgium had developed naturally as a cosmopolitan society to serve as a mediator between Latin and Germanic Europe. Pirenne did, however, believe in the existence of a distinctly "Belgian civilisation" (''civilisation bel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Brugmann
Georges Edmond Brugmann (1829–1900) was a Belgian financier and philanthropist. Life Brugmann was born in Verviers on 18 October 1829, the son of the industrialist and financier Frédéric Brugmann. He studied at the Ecole Centrale de Commerce et d'Industrie in Brussels, before working at the family bank.Samuel Tilman, "Brugmann (Georges)", ''Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 8(Brussels, 2005), pp. 43-46. After his father's death in 1852 and his elder brother's in 1853, he and his younger brother Ernest headed the family firm. He also became a deacon in the Protestant Church of Brussels, and contributed to the building of several Protestant churches in Belgium. Brugmann invested heavily in railways and tramways. In 1857 he became chief financial officer of the newly founded Compagnie Générale du Matériel de Chemins de Fer, which supplied railway equipment to companies in Spain, Turkey and Italy, and in 1874 helped found the Société Générale de Tramways. In the 1880s he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Lenoir
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900), was a Belgian-French engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 ( De Rivaz engine), but none were commercially successful. Lenoir's engine was commercialized in sufficient quantities to be considered a success, a first for the internal combustion engine. He was born in Mussy-la-Ville (then in Luxembourg, part of the Belgian Province of Luxembourg since 1839). In 1838, he immigrated to France, taking up residence in Paris, where he developed an interest in electroplating. His interest in the subject led him to make several electrical inventions, including an improved electric telegraph. Lenoir engine By 1859, Lenoir's experimentation with electricity led him to develop the first internal combustion engine which burned a mixture of coal gas and air ignited by a "jumping sparks" ignition system by Ruh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Massart
Marguerite Massart (1900–1979) was the first woman to graduate as an engineer in Belgium. She set up a successful foundry business in Ghent and later introduced a desalinisation project and early solar panels in the first hotel on Sal Island in Cape Verde. Early life Marguerite Massart was born in Brussels, Belgium on 19 September 1900. Her mother ran a business supplying copper instruments in the city centre and her father Arthur Massart was the Belgian representative for a French metal company. Education Massart showed a particular interest in the sciences and mathematics in school, and chose to attend the ''Lycée Dachsbeck'' in Brussels, a school specialising in mathematics. Then in 1918 she entered the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Her older brother Arsene had studied there and helped pave the way for her. She graduated in 1922 with a degree in civil engineering, making her the first woman to qualify as an engineer in Belgium. This news was reported internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vina Bovy
Vina Bovy (Malvina Bovi Van Overberghe) born Ghent 22 May 1900, died in the same city 16 May 1983 was a Belgian operatic soprano. Rosenthal H., "Vina Bovy". In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera''. Macmillan, London & New York, 1997. She studied in the Conservatoire in Ghent under Willemot, and first appeared on stage aged 17 as Argentine in ''Les deux billets'' (Poise). Her debut at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie was on October 4, 1920 as Marguerite in Gounod's ''Faust''.Gourret J. ''Dictionnaire des Cantatrices de l'Opéra.'' Editions Albatros, Paris, 1987. At the Monnaie she went on to sing Dorabella in ''Così fan tutte'', Micaela in ''Carmen'', Sophie in ''Werther'', Parassia in '' Sorochintsy Fair'', and Princesse Aurore in ''Le songe d'une nuit d'hiver''. After establishing herself at the Monnaie, she undertook engagements around France and Belgium, leading to her debut at the Opéra-Comique on 9 March 1925 (Manon). She quickly became one of the leading sopranos in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Ayguesparse
Albert Ayguesparse (1900–1996) was a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language ... writer. Bibliography Essays * ''Machinismes et culture'' * ''Magie du capitalisme'' Poetry * ''Neuf offrandes claires'' (1923) * ''Le Vin noir de Cahors'' (1957 – Prix Engelman) * ''Langage'' Novels * ''La main morte'' * ''Notre ombre nous précède'' (Prix Rossel 1952) * ''Une génération pour rien'' (1954 – Prix triennal du roman). References Sources Albert Ayguesparse(French) (French) 1900 births 1996 deaths Writers from Brussels Belgian poets in French 20th-century Belgian poets Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique {{Belgium-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrée Bosquet
Andrée Bosquet (1900–1980) was a Belgian painter. Bosquet was born on 13 March 1900, in Tournai. She died in La Louvière on 27 June 1980. Her husband was fellow Belgian artist Frans Depooter. Coming from cultured society, she took painting courses with M. Putsage (pastel), Anto Carte, and E.Motte, but she was primarily self-taught. She exhibited regularly from 1922 onwards, invited in particular by the Groupe Nervia and Le Bon Vouloir (Mons). She was awarded the Charles Caty Prize in 1963. Using oil, red chalk and charcoal, Andrée Bosquet painted and drew, with simplicity and delicate elegance but without affectation, self-portraits and children's portraits, restful and clear still lifes, and bouquets of an exquisite fragility. Her choice went towards soft and fine colors in half-tints and towards round and statuesque shapes. Her style cannot be connected with any school defined by art history, even though it might be likened to the Florentine Primitives or have common ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Deman
Edmond Deman (1857–1918) was a publisher, antiquarian bookseller and prints dealer in fin-de-siècle Brussels.Adrienne and Luc Fontainas, "Deman, Edmond", '' Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 4(Brussels, 1997), pp. 109-112. Life Deman was born in Brussels on 26 March 1857. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he became friends with Émile Verhaeren and edited a student newspaper together with members of the circle that went on to found ''La Jeune Belgique''. In 1880 he married Constance Horwath and together they set up as antiquarian bookdealers in Brussels. From 1888 onwards, Deman used a logo designed for him by Fernand Khnopff in his catalogues. He also published a relatively small number of bibliophile editions, mainly of leading poets with illustrations by leading artists, particularly Émile Verhaeren and Théo van Rysselberghe. During the First World War he took refuge in his holiday home at Le Lavandou. He died there on 19 February 1918. Publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Émile Verhaeren
Émile Adolphe Gustave Verhaeren (; 21 May 1855 – 27 November 1916) was a Belgium, Belgian poet and art critic who wrote in the French language. He was one of the founders of the school of Symbolism (arts), Symbolism and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature on six occasions. Early life Émile Verhaeren was born into a middle-class family in Sint-Amands, a rural commune in Belgium's Antwerp (province), Province of Antwerp. In addition to the local Dutch dialect, he adopted French as his language of culture, as was common for Belgian elites at the time. At the age of eleven, he was sent to a strict boarding school in Ghent run by Jesuits, the Jesuit College of Sainte Barbe, where he formed a friendship with Georges Rodenbach. He then studied law at the Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968), University of Leuven, where he produced his first literary efforts in a student paper, ''La Semaine'' (''The Week''), which he edited in conjunction with the opera singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emile Vandervelde
Emile Vandervelde (25 January 1866 – 27 December 1938) was a Belgian socialist politician. Nicknamed "the boss" (''le patron''), Vandervelde was a leading figure in the Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP) and in international socialism. Career Emile Auguste Vandervelde was born into a middle-class family in Ixelles, a suburb of Brussels, in Belgium on 25 January 1866. Initially attracted by Liberal politics, Vandervelde entered the Free University of Brussels as a law student in 1881. However, he soon became interested in emerging socialist ideas and, in 1885, joined the small Workers' League of Ixelles (''Ligue Ouvrière d'Ixelles''). In 1886, he joined the newly formed Belgian Labour Party (POB–BWP). He worked as an academic at the Free University. Vandervelde was activie in Belgian Freemasonry and was a member of the Lodge ''Les Amis philanthropes'' du Grand Orient de Belgique, in Brussels. Following the extension of universal male suffrage in 1893, Vandervelde proposed a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Rooses
Max Rooses (10 February 1839 – 15 July 1914) was a Belgian writer, literary critic, and curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp. Rooses was born in Antwerp, and went to school there up to 1858, after which he attended the University of Liège to study Philosophy and Literature. From 1860 until 1864 he was study master at the ''Koninklijk Athenaeum'' (Royal Athenaeum) in Antwerp, and in the meantime he graduated with a degree in Literature from the University of Liège. In 1864, he became teacher of Dutch at the Royal Athenaeum of Namur, and in 1866 in Ghent. Finally on 8 July 1876 he was appointed Director of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. Bibliography * ''Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche schildersschole'' (1873) – a history of the Antwerp school of painting * ''Levensschets van Jan Frans Willems'' (1874) – a biography of Jan Frans Willems * ''Schetsenboek'' (1877) – sketchbook * ''Over de Alpen'' (1880) * ''Christophe Plantin'' (1882) * ''Correspondance de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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