1863 in Belgium

none 1863 thumb | 220x124px | right | Damien Events in the year 1863 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier Events 9 April – Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation with the Kingdom of Italy signed in Turin.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=6571 Traité d'amitié, de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et l'Italie, signé à Turin le 9 avril 1863 9 April 1863 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 12 May – Commercial treaty with the Netherlands, including Dutch agreement to perpetual abolition of tolls on the Scheldt river in return for a payment of 17 million guildersAfkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar 11 March 2013 Olivier Keun https://g-geschiedenis.eu/2013/03/11/afkoop-scheldetol-150-jaar/ G/Geschiedenis nl 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142551/http://g-geschiedenis.eu/2013/03/11/afkoop-scheldetol-150-jaar/ 4 March 2016 live dmy-allC. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 73-75. On Google Books 20 May – Commercial treaty with the United States, bringing relations into line with the free trade agreements already signed with France (1861), the United Kingdom (1862) and the Netherlands (1863).C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 93. On Google Books 9 June – Partial legislative elections of 1863 16 July – Multilateral treaty for the redemption of the Scheldt tolls signed in BrusselsTreaty between Austria, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Hanover, Italy, Oldenburg, Peru, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey and the Hanse Towns (Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck), and Belgium, for the Redemption of the Scheldt Tolls, signed at Brussels, 16 July 1863. Oxford Historical Treaties online https://web.archive.org/web/20180909035650/http://opil.ouplaw.com/abstract/10.1093/law:oht/law-oht-128-CTS-95.regGroup.1/law-oht-128-CTS-95 9 September 2018 27 July – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, bringing relations into line with the free trade agreements already signed with France (1861), the United Kingdom (1862) and the Netherlands (1863).C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 99. On Google Books 1 August – Clipper Marnix van Sinte-Aldegonde the first ship to sail toll-free from Antwerp to the mouth of the Scheldt.Afkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar 11 March 2013 Olivier Keun https://g-geschiedenis.eu/2013/03/11/afkoop-scheldetol-150-jaar/ G/Geschiedenis nl 8 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142551/http://g-geschiedenis.eu/2013/03/11/afkoop-scheldetol-150-jaar/ 4 March 2016 live dmy-all 11 August – State visit of Queen Victoria to Belgium.William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 77. 18-22 August – First Catholic Congress in Mechelen. Guild of Saint Thomas and Saint Luke for the study and promotion of Christian art founded 19 September – Convention modifying the 1852 postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=7729 Convention, signée à Bruxelles, le 19 septembre 1863, additionnelle à la convention postale entre la Belgique et l'office du prince de la Tour et Taxis du 28 février 1852 19 September 1863 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 26 December – Solvay chemical company founded.Nicolas Coupain, "The Pioneering Years (1863-1914)", in Kenneth Bertrams et al., Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm (Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. 22. Publications Periodicals Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, vol. 31Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal on Google Books. La Belgique Horticole, edited by Édouard MorrenLa Belgique horticole, vol. 13 on Google Books. Bulletin du Bibliophile Belge, vol. 19, edited by A. Scheler (Brussels, F. Heussner)Bulletin du Bibliophile on Google Books. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, second series, vol. 15Bulletins de l'Académie royale on Google Books. Collection de précis historiques, vol. 12, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.Collection de précis historiques on Google Books. Dubbele wegwyzer der stad Gent en der provincie Oost-Vlaenderen, vol. 1 (Ghent, Vanderhaeghen)https://books.google.com/books?id=CDEPAAAAQAAJ Dubbele wegwyzer Revue belge et étrangère, 15https://books.google.com/books?id=Q4I3AAAAMAAJ Revue belge et étrangère 1863 Revue Trimestrielle, vol. 38April issue on Google Books. Le Timbre-Poste begins publication Studies and reports Prosper de Haulleville, Les Catholiques et les libertés constitutionnelles en Belgique Émile de Laveleye, Essai sur l'économie rurale de la BelgiqueEssai sur l'économie rurale on Google Books. Historical editions Louis Galesloot, Procès de François Anneessens: doyen du corps des métiers de Bruxelles, vol. 2 (Brussels and The Hague)Procès de François Anneessens on Google Books. Jehan le Bel, Les vrayes chroniques, edited by Lambert Polain, vol. 1Les vrayes chroniques on Google Books. Art and architecture Performances 3 January – First performance of Charles Hugo's stage adaptation of Les Misèrables, Théâtre Royal des Galeries, Brussels Births 10 January – Félix Wielemans, soldier (died 1917) 3 February – Charles Magnette, politician (died 1937) 8 March – Théophile Bovy, journalist (died 1937) 3 April – Henry van de Velde, painter (died 1957) 21 April – Paul Lebrun, composer (died 1920) 25 June – Émile Francqui, philanthropist (died 1935) 26 June Paul Pelseneer, biologist (died 1945) Henri Quersin, marksman (died 1944) 13 August – Pol Demade, writer (died 1936) 21 August – Jules Destrée, politician (died 1936) 1 September – Herman Baltia, soldier (died 1938) 14 November – Leo Baekeland, chemist (died 1944) 10 December – Maurice Hennequin, playwright (died 1926) Deaths 8 February – Martin Martens (born 1797), botanist and chemist 14 May – Emmanuel Noterman (born 1808), painter 18 July – Arnold Timothée de Lasaulx (born 1774), politician 19 July – André-Napoléon Fontainas (born 1807), politician 26 September – Jean Thienpont (born 1774), politician 31 October – Augustus Van Dievoet (born 1803), judge References 1863 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1860s in Belgium Belgium