1885 in Belgium

none 1885 The following lists events that happened during 1885 in the Kingdom of Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold IILeopold II king of Belgium https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leopold-II-king-of-Belgium Encyclopedia Britannica 28 March 2019 en Prime Minister: Auguste Marie François Beernaert"In Memoriam", American Journal of International Law, 7 (1913), pp. 371-374. On Internet Archive. Events thumb|Poster advertising the 1885 World Exhibition in Antwerp Belgian State Railways Type 6 steam locomotive taken into use. 26 February – Conclusion of the Berlin Conference granting sovereignty over the Congo Basin to Leopold II. 6 April – Inaugural meeting of the Belgian Labour Party held in Brussels. 30 April – Leopold II receives parliamentary authorisation to assume sovereignty over the Congo Basin 2 May – World Exhibition in Antwerp opens (to 2 November)https://archive.org/details/expositionuniver00expo_1/page/n2 Exposition universelle de 1885 1887https://archive.org/details/gri_anversetlexp00corn/page/n4 Anvers et l'Exposition universelle, 1885 1885https://archive.org/details/cihm_16936/page/n12 9780665169366 Antwerp Universal Exhibition, 1885, official catalogue of the Canadian section [microform] 1885 1 August – Congo Free State established Publications Periodicals Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, vol. 3.https://archive.org/details/bulletindumusero31884inst/page/n4 Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique; Medeelingen van het Koninklijk Natuurhistorisch Museeun van België 1882 Books Karl Baedeker, Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellershttps://archive.org/details/belgiumandholla14firgoog/page/n9 Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellers 1885 K. Baedeker Joseph Van den Gheyn, Essais de mythologie et de philologie comparéehttps://archive.org/details/essaisdemytholo00gheygoog Essais de mythologie et de philologie comparée 1885 Société Belge de Libraire; [etc., etc. Art and architecture thumb|Constantin Meunier, The Potato Diggers (1885) Paintings Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Jeanne Kéfer Constantin Meunier, The Potato Diggers Théo van Rysselberghe, Portrait of Octave Maus Sculptures Thomas Vinçotte, The Horse Tamer (Brussels) Births 29 January – Raoul Van Overstraeten, general (died 1977) 29 June – Camille Clifford, actress (died 1971) 17 November – Henri De Man, politician (died 1953) Deaths thumb|Charles Rogier (1800–1885) 27 May – Charles Rogier (born 1800), politician 20 August – Édouard Agneessens (born 1842), painter 9 October – Joseph Geefs (born 1808), sculptor References 1885 Category:1880s in Belgium Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Belgium