1876 in Belgium

none 1876 Events in the year 1876 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Head of government: Jules Malou Events thumb|Leopold I's remains transferred to the royal crypt in Laken, 20 April 1876 20 April – Leopold I's mortal remains transferred to the crypt of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken 22 May – Provincial elections 13 June – Partial legislative election 12 September – Brussels Geographic Conference opens, leading to the foundation of the International African Association 27 September – Opening of the International Congress of Hygiene and Life-Saving Equipment in Brussels, as part of the International Exhibition of Hygiene.Congrès international d'hygiène, de sauvetage et d'économie sociale, vol. 1, vol. 2 Publications Periodicals Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, 45 (Brussels, F. Hayez).https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea9oAAAAcAAJ Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique 1876 Revue de Belgique, 23.https://books.google.com/books?id=6V02AQAAMAAJ Revue de belgique 1876 Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère, 2.https://books.google.com/books?id=ONDNAAAAMAAJ Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère 1876 Other Léon d'Andrimont, La coopération ouvrière en Belgique.On Google Books Art and architecture Buildings Oostakker Basilica completed Births 1 March Henri de Baillet-Latour, IOC president (died 1942) Maurice Emile Marie Goetghebuer, entomologist (died 1962) 7 April – Jules Degeetere, cyclist (died 1957) 26 June – Armand Renier, geologist (died 1951) 16 July – Victor van Strydonck de Burkel, general (died 1961) 2 August – Julien Lootens, cyclist (died 1942) 19 August – Oscar de Somville, Olympic rower (died 1938) 8 September – Thomas Braun, poet (died 1961) 12 September – Flor Alpaerts, composer (died 1954) 26 September – Georges Lebacq, painter (died 1950) 18 October – Charles van den Bussche, Olympic sailor (died 1958) 17 November – Joseph Van De Meulebroeck, politician (died 1958) 16 December – Rodolphe Seeldrayers, FIFA president (died 1955) Deaths 7 January – Marie Thérèse Haze (born 1782), religious foundress 16 April – Auguste de Peellaert (born 1793), soldier and artist 17 April – Adolphe Pierre Sunaert (born 1825), artist and teacher 9 May – Louis van Houtte (born 1810), horticulturalist 23 May – Victor de Buck (born 1817), Jesuit 23 August – Giovanni Inchindi (born 1798), opera singer 29 October – Jacques Gregoir (born 1817), composer References 1876 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1870s in Belgium Belgium