1849 in Belgium

none 1849 Events in the year 1849 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier Events thumb|10-cent Belgian postage stamp (1849) 24-26 March – Rio Nuñez incident off the West African coast 21 April – Belgian domestic law updated in line with becoming a signatory to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Tradehttp://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=chrono&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=90436 Loi du 21 avril 1849 qui adhère à la convention du 24 février 1848, relative à la suppression de la traité des Nègres 21 April 1849 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 1 May – Jean-Baptiste Malou consecrated as bishop of Bruges 1 July – First Belgian postage stamp issued. 28 August – Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres first held Publications Periodicals Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, 3.https://books.google.com/books?id=sHFWAAAAcAAJ Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique 1849 Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 9.https://books.google.com/books?id=K69JAAAAcAAJ Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique: 1849/50 1849 Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 16 (Brussels, M. Hayez).On Google Books Books Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique.vol. 1, vol. 2 Art and architecture Buildings Saint Joseph's Church, Brussels Paintings thumb|Jacob Jacobs, Merchant Vessels off the Turkish Coast (1849) Louis Gallait, Art and Liberty Jacob Jacobs, Merchant Vessels off the Turkish Coast Births 25 March – Henri Van Dyck, painter (died 1934) 24 May – Albert Lancaster, meteorologist (died 1908) 31 May – Aymard d'Ursel, papal courtier (died 1939) 8 June – Julien Dillens, sculptor (died 1904) 10 June – Félix de Hemptinne, abbot (died 1913) 27 September – Emile Claus, painter (died 1924) 8 October – Alfred Verhaeren, painter (died 1924) 28 November – Albert Thys, businessman (died 1915) 2 December – Émile Braun, engineer (died 1927) 15 December – Émile Coppieters, politician (died 1922) 20 December – Philippe Dautzenberg, biologist (died 1935) Deaths 15 February – Pierre François Verhulst (born 1804), mathematician 7 May – Theodoor van Rijswijck (born 1811), writer 31 May – Leonard du Bus de Gisignies (born 1770), soldier and politician 27 August – Dominic Barberi (born), religious 16 December – Maria Jacoba Ommeganck (born 1760), painter References 1849 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1840s in Belgium Belgium