Events in the year 1850 in

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 th ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority and power i ...

: Leopold I :

Head of government The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...

Charles Rogier Charles Latour Rogier (; 17 August 1800 – 27 May 1885) was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He served as the prime minister of Belgium on two occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to ...

Events

* Sint-Lodewijkscollege established in Lokeren * 14 February – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

signed in Berlin. * 5 May –

National Bank of Belgium The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; nl, Nationale Bank van België, french: Banque nationale de Belgique, german: Belgische Nationalbank) has been the central bank of Belgium since 1850. The National Bank of Belgium was established with 100% pr ...

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. * 25 September – King Leopold lays the first stone of the

Congress Column The Congress Column (french: Colonne du Congrès, nl, Congreskolom) is a monumental column in Brussels, Belgium, commemorating the creation of the Belgian Constitution by the National Congress of 1830–31. Inspired by Trajan's Column in Rome ...

in Brussels * 31 October – Treaty of commerce and navigation with Bolivia signed in Brussels

Publications

;Periodicals * ''Almanach de poche de Bruxelles'' * ''Almanach royal officiel'' * ''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'', edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein (Brussels, Muquardt) * ''Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique'', vol. 21 (Brussels, E. Devroye). * '' Revue de Bruxelles'' ceases publication ;Books * Félix Victor Goethals, ''Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique'', vol. 3. *

Adolphe Joanne Adolphe Joanne (born ''Adolphe-Laurent Joanne''; 15 September 1813 in Dijon, France – 1 March 1881 in Paris) was a French geographical writer and author of travel books. Work In 1836 Joanne was a lawyer in Paris but he soon turned to journa ...

, ''Voyage en Orient'' (Ixelles lez Bruxelles, Delevingne & Callewaert) * 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)Recherches sur la faune littorale
on Google Books.

Art and architecture

;Paintings *

Jan August Hendrik Leys Henri Leys, Hendrik Leys or Jan August Hendrik, Baron Leys (18 February 1815 – 26 August 1869) was a Belgian painter and printmaker. He was a leading representative of the historical or Romantic school in Belgian art and became a pioneer of th ...

, ''Divine Service in Holland''

Births

* 5 January – Theodoor Verstraete, artist (died 1907) * 30 January –

Emma De Vigne Emma De Vigne (30 January 1850 - 3 June 1898) was a Belgian still life and portrait painter, who came from a family of artists from Ghent. Her paintings were exhibited in Europe, as well as in South America. Biography De Vigne was born on 30 ...

, painter (died 1898) * 20 February – Eugène Joors, painter (died 1910) * 20 March – Marietta Hannon Rousseau, mycologist (died 1926) * 14 April –

Fredegand Cogels Baron Fredegandus (Fredegand) Patricius Josephus Maria Cogels (14 April 1850 – 17 February 1932) was a Belgian politician and a member of the Meeting party. He was governor of the province of Antwerp from 16 December 1900 until 28 May 1907 ...

, politician (died 1932) * 9 May –

Fernande de Mertens Fernande Hortense Cécile de Mertens (9 May 1850 - 24 January 1924) was a Belgian-French painter. Life Fernande de Mertens was the fifth of six children of the baron Edouard Mertens and his wife Sophie Lambertine Woelfling, and Fernande was th ...

, painter (died 1924) * 8 October – Léon Herbo, painter (died 1907) * 4 November – Jules Bilmeyer, architect (died 1920) * 17 November –

Hippolyte d'Ursel Count Marie Hippolyte Adrien Ludovic d'Ursel (Brussels, 17 November 1850 – 9 December 1937) was a Belgium, Belgian politician and historian. Family A cadet (genealogy), cadet member of the Ursel family, he was a grandson of Charles-Joseph, 4th ...

, politician and historian (died 1937) * 29 December – Frans Van Leemputten, painter (died 1914)

Deaths

* 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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