1851 in Belgium

none 1851 Events in the year 1851 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier Events National Bank of Belgium prints its first series of banknotes.https://www.nbbmuseum.be/en/collections/the-belgian-banknote The Belgian banknote nbbmuseum.be National Bank of Belgium 24 January – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the Kingdom of Sardinia signed in Turin.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=6574 Traité de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et la Sardaigne, signé à Turin le 24 janvier 1851 RefLex.be 24 January 1851 Council of State (Belgium) 23 February – Willemsfonds established. 18 April – New law on bankruptcy.Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 22 (1851), pp. 132-165. On Google Books. 24 April – Convention with the Netherlands allowing steamships on the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal signed in The Hague.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=7927 Convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas autorisant la navigation à vapeur sur le canal de Terneuzen par navires à hélices, signée à la Haye le 24 avril 1851 RefLex.be 24 April 1851 Council of State (Belgium) May-October – Embroiderer Joseph Van Halle exhibits "Church ornaments and Brussels lace" at the Great Exhibition in London.Illustrated London News, vol. 19 (Jul.-Dec. 1851), pp. 22, 156, 290, 315.Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries (London, 1852), p. 471. On Google Books The Belgian ambassador, Sylvain Van de Weyer, was consulted to ensure that the display of ecclesiastical vestments was arranged in such a way as not to offend Protestant sensibilities.Geoffrey Cantor, Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851 (Oxford University Press, 2011), p. 50. 8 May – Convention with The Netherlands abolishing tolls on the Meuse signed in Brussels.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=7780 Convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour la suppression des péages sur la navigation de la Meuse, signée à Bruxelles le 8 mai 1851 RefLex.be 8 May 1851 Council of State (Belgium) 19 May – Railway line between Liège and Namur completed. 30 June – Protocol to the convention abolishing tolls on the Meuse signed in Brussels.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=7783 Protocole, signé à Bruxelles le 30 juin 1851, additionnel à la convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour la suppression des péages sur la navigation de la Meuse du 8 mai 1851 RefLex.be 30 June 1851 Council of State (Belgium) 27 September – Elections to the Senate 27 October – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland signed in London.C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 76-80. On Google BooksJoseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 338.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&docid=6872 Traité de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande, et article additionnel, signés à Londres le 27 octobre 1851 RefLex.be 27 October 1851 Council of State (Belgium) 11 December – Victor Hugo's exile in Belgium begins. Publications thumb|Thladiantha dubia from La Belgique Horticole Periodicals Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie, ed. H. Tarlier (Brussels, G. Stapleaux)Almanach du commerce on Google Books. Annales de l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, vol. 8, edited by Adolphe Quetelet. Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 5, edited by Isidore de Stein d'AltensteinAnnuaire de la noblesse on Google Books. La Belgique Horticole begins publication.Volume 1 on Google Books. Journal de l'armée belge, vol. 1.Journal de l'armée belge on Google Books. Official publications and monographs Code de justice et de discipline militaires (Brussels, Librairie universelle de Rozez). Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 22.Recueil des lois on Google Books. Henri Alexis Brialmont, Précis d'art militaire (Brussels, A. Jamar)Précis d'art militaire on Google Books. Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vols. 1-2 (Brussels, M. Hayez)Vol. 1, vol. 2. Louis Prosper Gachard, Correspondance de Philippe II sur les affaires des Pays-Bas, vol. 2Correspondance de Philippe II on Google Books G. Lacambre, Traité complet de la fabrication des bières et de la distillation des grains, pommes de terre, vins, betteraves, mélasses, etc. (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique d'Aug. Decq)Volume 1 and volume 2 on Google Books. Literary publications Johan Michiel Dautzenberg, Beknopte prosodia der Nederduitsche taalBeknopte prosodia at Digital Library for Dutch Literature. Art and architecture thumb|Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny, The Gathering of the Harvest (1851) Paintings Hendrick Joseph Dillens, The Winning Archer Edouard Hamman, Disillusion Henri Adolphe Schaep, View of a Harbour Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny, The Gathering of the Harvest Births 8 January – Gérard Leman, general (died 1920) 21 April – Eugène Siberdt, painter (died 1931) 21 May – Charles Emile Stuyvaert, astronomer (died 1908) 27 June – Théodore Nilis, colonial official (died 1905) 21 July – Auguste Brancart, publisher of pornography (date of death unknown) 6 August – Paul Wittouck, industrialist (died 1917) 12 August – Aloïs Boudry, painter (died 1938) 19 August – Frans Schollaert, politician (died 1917) 25 September – Victor Harou, explorer (died 1923) 4 October – Michel Levie, politician (died 1939) 7 October – Lucien Solvay, newspaper editor (died 1950) 21 November – Désiré-Joseph Mercier, cardinal-archbishop (died 1926) 10 December – Alfred Ronner, artist (died 1901) Deaths 17 February – Jean-Baptiste Minne-Barth (born 1796), politician 4 July – Martin-Joseph Mengal (born 1784), composer 19 July – Hippolyte Visart de Bocarmé (born 1818), nobleman and murderer References 1851 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1850s in Belgium Belgium