1832 in Belgium

none 1832 Events in the year 1832 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Félix de Muelenaere (to 20 October); Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella (from 20 October) Events thumb|Siege of Antwerp, 1832 8 April – Engelbert Sterckx consecrated as Archbishop of Mechelen 11 July Order of Leopold established.William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 76. Provisional postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main.Convention postale provisoire entre la Belgique et l'Office du Prince de la Tour et Taxis, signée à Francfort-sur-le-Main le 11 juillet 1832 via refLex 9 August – Leopold I of Belgium marries Louise of Orléans. 20 October – Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella replaces Félix de Muelenaere as Prime Minister 15 November to 23 December – Siege of Antwerp: Belgian army with French support invests Antwerp Citadel, held by Dutch forces. 23 December – Siege of Antwerp concludes: Dutch forces removed from Antwerp Citadel. Publications Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M.-E. Rampelbergh)On Google Books Annuaire industriel et administratif de la Belgique par province: Province du Brabant (Brussels)On Google Books Art and architecture Paintings Joseph De Cauwer, Prometheus Delivered by Hercules (now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent) Births Date uncertain – Oswald Orth, philologist (died 1920) 2 February – Gédéon Bordiau, architect (died 1904) 8 March – William Henry James Weale, art historian (died 1917) 24 March – Edouard Osy de Zegwaart, politician (died 1900) 21 August – Charles-Joseph de Harlez de Deulin, Orientalist (died 1899) 11 November – Paul Goethals, Archbishop of Calcutta (died 1901) 10 December – Antoon Stillemans, bishop of Ghent (died 1916) 13 December – Polydore de Keyser, Lord Mayor of London (died 1898) Deaths thumb|William Cockerill Date uncertain – William Cockerill (born 1757/9), industrialist 16 December – Charles van Hulthem (born 1764), politician and bibliophile References 1832 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1830s in Belgium Belgium