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1839 In Belgium
Events in the year 1839 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarchy of Belgium, Monarch: Leopold I of Belgium, Leopold I *Prime Minister of Belgium, Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt Events *19 April – Treaty of London (1839), Treaty of London guarantees Belgian independence and neutrality; Luxembourg and Limburg partitioned. *21 May – Royal Library of Belgium opens to the public. *11 June – 1839 Belgian general election, Parliamentary elections Publications * Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen founded by Constant-Philippe Serrure and Philip Blommaert as a text publication society to produce editions of Flemish literature#Medieval Flemish literature, medieval Flemish literature. ;Periodicals *''Bibliographie de la Belgique, ou catalogue général de livres belges'' (Brussels, C. Muquardt) *''Revue de Bruxelles'', 3. ;Official publications *''Machines à vapeur: Arrêtés et instructions'' (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique) ;Other works * ''Kronyk van Vlaendere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Jean De Smet
Joseph Jean De Smet (1794–1877) was a priest and historian who took part in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. Life De Smet was born in Ghent, in what was then the County of Flanders in the Austrian Netherlands, on 11 December 1794. His secondary and seminary education was in Ghent. Victor Fris, "Smet (Joseph Jean De)", '' Biographie Nationale de Belgique''vol. 22(Brussels, 1920), 778-794. At the age of 25 he became professor of rhetoric at the minor seminary of St Barbara, and shortly afterwards at the diocesan college in Aalst. While teaching he wrote new textbooks on Belgian history, world geography and Latin rhetoric, adapted to the needs of Catholic education in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands which had come into being in 1815. These books, with some revisions, remained widely used in Belgian schools up to the middle of the century. In 1825, William I's education policy led to the closure of the diocesan schools. De Smet became a polemical writer against the policy, par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Paelinck
Joseph Paelinck, (20 March 1781 – 19 June 1839) was a painter from the Southern Netherlands. Biography Paelinck attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Ghent) and then with Jacques-Louis David in Paris, where he painted in 1804 ''A Judgment of Paris'', which earned him his first Academy Art Award for Ghent. After he had worked there a short time as a teacher, he went to Rome and stayed there for five years. He painted, among other things: ''Rome under Augustus'' for the Quirinal Palace and the ''Discovery of the Cross'' for St. Michael's Church in Ghent. He was later a professor at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Brussels. His many pupils included Charles Baugniet, François Antoine Bodumont, Edouard de Bièfve, Élisa de Gamond, Félix De Vigne, Jean Joseph Geens, Jozef Geirnaert, Joseph Meganck, Fanny Paelinck-Horgnies, Alfred Stevens, Joseph Cohen de Vries and Abraham Johannes Zeeman. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles John Seghers
Charles John Seghers (also written as ''Charles-Jean Seghers''; 26 December 1839 – 28 November 1886) was a Belgian clergyman and missionary bishop. He is considered to be the founder of the Alaska Mission. Biography Early years and formation Seghers was born at Ghent, in Belgium. He attended school at the Jesuit High School of Ste. Barbe in Ghent, and the The American College of the Immaculate Conception, American College in Leuven. Ordained priest in May 1863 in Mechlin, Belgium, he left soon after to begin his missionary work in the area of Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in November of that year. Missionary work While there, he founded St. Joseph's Hospital in Victoria, British Columbia. He returned to Rome to take part in the First Vatican Council. He was appointed as a diocesan administrator in 1871, and later Bishop of Vancouver Island (now Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada, Bishop of Victoria) on 29 June 1873. He made his first visit to Ala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolf Daens
Augustin Adolphe "Adolf" Daens (18 December 1839 – 14 June 1907) was a Flemish priest and politician who advocated for Human rights in Belgium, labor rights in Belgium. Daens was a Jesuit from 1859 to 1871, but is especially known for his socio-political involvement after he joined the diocesan clergy. He created the Daensist movement from which the Christene Volkspartij party was created in 1893, after being inspired by pope Leo XIII, Leo XIII's encyclical ''Rerum novarum''. The Christene Volkspartij forced the radicalisation and democratisation of the Catholic Party (Belgium), Catholic party. Biography Daens was a Flemings, Flemish priest from Aalst, Belgium, Aalst. He became a Jesuit in 1858, but left the Society of Jesus in 1871, and became a priest two years later. He is especially known for his socio-political involvement after he joined the diocesan clergy. He created the "Daensist movement" from which originated in 1893 the Christene Volkspartij inspired by pope Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois
Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois (18 October 1839 at Aix-la-Chapelle – 1 June 1921 at Koksijde, Coxyde-sur-Mer) was a Belgian naturalist. He took a doctorate in medicine, and in 1869 became curator of the department of vertebrates at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Royal Museum of Natural History in Brussels. He worked with his father, Charles Frédéric Dubois (1804–1867), in the production of ''Les Oiseaux de l’Europe et leurs œufs'', completing it after his father’s death. The book was in two volumes, the second consisting of illustrations by Dubois senior. He produced the two-volume ''La Faune illustrée des Vertébrés de la Belgique''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Alphonse Belgian naturalists 1921 deaths 1839 births People from Aachen 19th-century Belgian scientists 20th-century Belgian scientists 19th-century naturalists 20th-century naturalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Maquet
Henri Maquet (; 30 August 1839 – 27 November 1909) was a Belgian architect, best known for his work for King Leopold II of Belgium. Born in Brussels, Maquet trained in Liège, at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels, then worked in the office of Hendrik Beyaert. His work includes: * , Ostend, 1900-1903 * Royal Military Academy, Avenue de la Renaissance, with Henri Van Dievoet, circa 1900 * Completion of the Royal Palace of Brussels, 1904 * Work at the Brussels Park Brussels Park ( ; or ) is the largest urban public park in central Brussels, Belgium. The park was formerly known and is still sometimes colloquially referred to as the Royal Park ( ; ). It was the city's first public park, being originally ..., 1907 References Sources * 1839 births 1909 deaths Architects from Brussels {{Belgium-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hermans
Charles Hermans (7 August 1839 – 7 December 1924) was a Belgium, Belgian Painting, painter of genre scenes, portraits, landscapes and some still lifes.Charles Hermans at the Netherlands Institute for Art History Through a number of his monumental genre paintings he played an important role in the recognition of Realism (art movement), Realism in Belgian art.Denis Laoureux (ed.), ''En nature La Société libre des Beaux-Arts D’Artan à Whistler'', Musée Félicien Rops, 2013, p. 14 Life Hermans was born in City of Brussels, Brussels in a well-off bourgeois family. He showed an interest in art from an early age. In his native city Hermans received some artistic guidance from the painter Louis Gallait. He then studied at the Saint Luc workshop in Brussels, a liberal workshop which offered an alterna ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
