1858 in Belgium

none 1858 Events in the year 1858 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier Events thumb|Fire at the Antwerp Exchange, 2 August 1858 24 May – Provincial elections 17 July – New commercial treaty agreed with the United States.C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 91-93. On Google Books 2 August – Stock Exchange in Antwerp burns down. September – International congress on intellectual property held in Brussels.Victor Foucher, Le Congrès de la propriété littéraire et artistique tenu à Bruxelles (Paris, 1858) On Google BooksChristine Haynes, Lost Illusions: The Politics of Publishing in Nineteenth-Century France (Harvard University Press, 2010), pp. 194-199. Art and architecture thumb|Joseph Lies, The Disasters of War (1858) Painting Joseph Lies, The Disasters of War Publications Periodicals Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, Tircher)On Google Books Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère, vol. 6.On Wikisource (French)On Google Books Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 12, edited by Isidore de Stein d'AltensteinOn Google Books Annuaire statistique et historique belge, vol. 5, edited by Auguste SchelerOn Google Books Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, vol. 24On Google Books La Belgique, 5On Google Books La Belgique Horticole, vol. 8.On Google Books Bulletin et annales de l'Académie d'archéologie de Belgique, vol. 5On Google Books Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, vol. 5 (Brussels, Hayez).On Google Books Collection de précis historiques, vol. 7, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.On Google Books Journal de l'armée belge, vol. 15On Google Books 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. 10On Google Books Other works C. H. Barlet, Géographie industrielle et commerciale de la Belgique (Mechelen, E.-F. van Velsen)On Google Books Hendrik Conscience, De omwenteling van 1830 (Antwerp, J. P. van Dieren)On Google Books Alexandre Henne, Histoire du règne de Charles-Quint en Belgique (Brussels and Leipzig, Émile Flatau)Volumes 1-2 and Volume 3 on Google Books Jan van Ruusbroec, Dat Boec van den gheesteleken Tabernacule, edited by Jean-Baptist David, 2 volumes (Ghent, Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen).Both volumes on Google Books Jean-Joseph Thonissen, La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I, vol. 4 (Liège, J.-G. Lardinois)On Google Books Alphonse Wauters, Bruxelles et ses faubourgs: guide de l'étranger (Brussels, C. W. Froment)On Google Books Births 8 April – Eugène van Rechem, bishop (died 1943) 16 April – Philippe Wolfers, jeweller (died 1929) 7 May – Charles Liebrechts, explorer (died 1938) 21 June – Léon Roget, colonial officer (died 1909) 12 September – Fernand Khnopff, painter (died 1921) 19 October – George Albert Boulenger, zoologist (died 1937) 4 November – Jacques de Lalaing, artist (died 1917) Deaths 22 February – Noël Delfosse (born 1801), politician 14 March – Henri Guillaume Galeotti (born 1814), botanist and geologist 22 April – François Joseph Ferdinand Marchal (born 1780), archivist 29 April – Charles d'Hane de Steenhuyze (born 1787), politician 15 May – Jacques Coghen (born 1791), politician 27 June – Coralie van den Cruyce (born 1796), writer References 1858 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1850s in Belgium Belgium