1856 in Belgium

none 1856 Events in the year 1856 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Pierre de Decker Events thumb|Temporary triumphal arches to mark the jubilee of Leopold I's swearing-in as monarch 1 May – Railway line between Brussels and Ghent completed 26 May – Provincial elections 10 June – Partial legislative elections return a Catholic majority 27 June – Royal order institutes a committee to examine Flemish language grievances. 21-23 July – Celebration of the jubilee of Leopold I's swearing-in as monarch Art and architecture Paintings thumb|Henri Adolphe Schaep, Working in the Docks at Night (1856) Charles de Groux, Pilgrimage of St Guido of Anderlecht Basile de Loose, The Happy Family Charles Leickert, Urban Landscape Henri Adolphe Schaep, Working in the Docks at Night Adolphe Stache, Elegant Company Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny, The Unwilling Traveller Antoine Wiertz, Coquette Dress (The Devil's Mirror) Publications Periodicals Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, Tarlier)On Google Books Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère, vol. 4.On Wikisource (French)On Google Books Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 10, edited by Isidore de Stein d'AltensteinOn Google Books Annuaire statistique et historique belge, vol. 3, edited by Auguste SchelerOn Google Books Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, vol. 22On Google Books in one binding with volumes 21 and 23. La Belgique, 2On Google Books La Belgique Horticole, vol. 6.On Google Books Bulletin de la Société de médecine de Gand, vol. 23 (Ghent, Leonard Hebbelynck)https://books.google.com/books?id=t3oUAAAAQAAJ Bulletin de la Société de médecine de Gand 1856 Collection de précis historiques, vol. 5, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.On Google Books Journal de l'armée belgevol. 10, vol. 11 Journal d'horticulture pratique de la BelgiqueOn Google Books Official reports and monographs Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciauxOn Google Books Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 8On Google Books Joseph Jean De Smet (ed.), Recueil des chroniques de Flandre, vol. 3 (Brussels, Commission royale d'Histoire)Recueil des chroniques de Flandre Brussels Commission royale d'Histoire 1856 https://books.google.com/books?id=cUxAAAAAcAAJ 3 François Joseph Ferdinand Marchal and Edmond Marchal, Histoire politique du règne de l'empereur Charles-Quint (Brussels, H. Tarlier)https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FmLiAAAAMAAJ Histoire politique du règne de l'empereur Charles-Quint avec un résumé des événements précurseurs depuis le mariage de Maximilien d'Autriche et de Marie de Bourgogne 1856 Bruxelles, H. Tarlier, c 1856 Jean-Joseph Thonissen, La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I, vol. 2 (Liège, J.-G. Lardinois)On Google Books Guidebooks and directories Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through Portions of Rhenish Prussia (London, W.J. Adams)https://books.google.com/books?id=iGEDAAAAQAAJ Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book for travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through portions of Rhenish Prussia Bradshaw George 1856 Births 5 January – Omer Bodson, soldier (died 1891) 15 January – Paul de Favereau, politician (died 1922) 28 January – Eva Dell'Acqua, composer (died 1930) 5 February – Thomas Louis Heylen, bishop (died 1941) 6 February – Gerard Portielje, painter (died 1929) 17 February – Joseph Boex, author (died 1940) 11 April – Constant Lievens, Jesuit (died 1893) 9 June – Auguste de Bavay, brewer (died 1944) 12 June – Octave Maus, lawyer (died 1919) 18 June – Edward Génicot, Jesuit (died 1900) 26 July – Edward Anseele, politician (died 1938) 1 August – Frans Hens, artist (died 1928) 26 August – Léon Frédéric, painter (died 1940) 9 October – Sylvain Dupuis, composer (died 1931) 27 October – Albrecht Rodenbach, poet (died 1880) 28 December – Henri de Merode-Westerloo, politician (died 1908) Deaths 7 March – Alphonse de Woelmont (born 1799), politician 23 April – Philippe Joseph Maillart (born 1764), engraver 22 November – Albert Prisse (born 1788), diplomat 28 December – Auguste Drapiez (born 1778), naturalist References 1856 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1850s in Belgium Belgium