1871 in Belgium

none 1871 thumb|Eugène Boudin, Canal près de Bruxelles (1871) Events in the year 1871 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Head of government: Jules d'Anethan (to 7 December); Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (from 7 December) Events January 1 January – Belgium repeals import duty on salt.Thomas Ward, "Salt and its export from the ports of the Mersey", Proceedings of the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, 30 (1876), p. 202. February 21 February – Regular railway services between France and Belgium resumed.Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 985. March 21 March – Victor Hugo moves to Brussels.http://www.arch.be/index.php?l=fr&m=actualites&r=toutes-les-actualites&a=2015-05-22-sur-les-traces-de-victor-hugo Sur les traces de Victor Hugo National Archives of Belgium 22 May 2015 June 1 June – Victor Hugo expelled from Belgium for endangering the public peace after publishing a letter in L'Indépendance Belge of 26 May criticising the Belgian government's attitude to Communard refugees. November 30 November – Work on Covering of the Senne formally completed. December 7 December – Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt replaces Jules d'Anethan as Prime Minister. Art and architecture thumb|Aertrycke Castle, Torhout thumb|Hippolyte Boulenger, Storm over the Scheldt (1871) thumb|Joseph Maswiens, The Old Fish Market in Leuven (1871) Buildings Aertrycke Castle, Torhout Paintings Hippolyte Boulenger, Storm over the Scheldt Joseph Maswiens, The Old Fish Market in Leuven Alfred Stevens, The Psyché (My Studio) (1871) Publications Serials Analectes pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique de la Belgique, vol. 8.Google Books Analectes pour servir à l'histoire ecclésiastique https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/9KRTAAAAcAAJ Annales de l'Académie d'archéologie de Belgique, vol. 27.Google Books https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/TMYjAQAAIAAJ Annales de l'Académie d'archéologie Annales du Cercle archéologique de Mons, vol. 10.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/1W8BAAAAYAAJ Annales du Cercle archéologique de Mons Google Books Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 25.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/lnJWAAAAcAAJ Annuaire de la noblesse Google Books Archives médicales belges, second series, vol. 14.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/7XdUAAAAcAAJ Archives médicales Google Books Le Bibliophile belge, vol. 6.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/rygGAAAAQAAJ Bibliophile belge Google Books Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, third series, vol. 5.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/7m41AQAAMAAJ Bulletin de l'Académie Google Books Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire, third series, vol. 12.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/7xs0AAAAMAAJ BCRH Google Books Bulletins d'arboriculture, de floriculture et de culture potagèrehttps://books.google.com/books?id=NeNIAAAAYAAJ Bulletins d'arboriculture Google Books Gilde de Saint-Thomas et de Saint-Luc, Bulletin des séances, 1863-1869 (Bruges, Tournai and Leuven)Google Books Bulletin des séances https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/DX2ye-zYhbgC Revue de Belgique, vol. 3.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/0KFYAAAAcAAJ Revue de Belgique (January) and https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/46FYAAAAcAAJ (May) Google Books Revue de la numismatique belge, fifth series, vol. 3.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/K51MAAAAcAAJ Revue de la numismatique Google Books Official publications Code des contributions directes, douanes et accises de la Belgique, en vigueur au 1er janvier 1871https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/OtdFAAAAcAAJ Code des contributions Google Books Moniteur belge: journal officielhttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/qoBTAAAAcAAJ Moniteur Belge (July-August)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/HL9TAAAAcAAJ Moniteur Belge (September)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/cL9TAAAAcAAJ Moniteur Belge (December) Google Books Rapport triennal sur la situation de l'instruction primaire en Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/fWBJAAAAcAAJ Rapport sur l'instruction primaire Google Books Rapport triennal sur l'état de l'enseignement moyen en Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/A_xRAAAAcAAJ Rapport sur l'enseignement moyen Google Books Other Léon d'Andrimont, Des institutions et des associations ouvrières de la Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/D3LQ5iRoJiwC Léon d'Andrimont Institutions Google Books Émile de Borchgrave, Essai historique sur les colonies belges qui s'établirent en Hongrie et en Transylvanie pendant les XIe, XIIe et XIIIe siècles (Brussels)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/WUBGAAAAcAAJ Émile de Borchgrave Essai historique Google Books Jean-Baptist David, Manuel de l'histoire de Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/EeBFAAAAcAAJ J.-B. David Manuel de l'histoire de Belgique Google Books Edouard Dupont, Les temps antéhistoriques en Belgique (Brussels, Mucquardt)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/25S2zdYbYhEC Edouard Dupont Les temps antéhistoriques Google Books J.S.G. Nypels, Pasinomie. Collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et régelements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/RAdVAAAAcAAJ Nypels Pasinomie Google Books Adolphe Quetelet, Histoire des sciences mathématiques et physiques chez les Belgeshttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/wijMeUAy4vcC Adolphe Quetelet Histoire Google Books Eugène Somerhausen, Code politique de la Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/BthFAAAAcAAJ Eugène Somerhausen Code politique Google Books Edward Van Even, Mengelingen voor de geschiedenis van Brabandhttps://books.google.com/books/edition/_/v99FAAAAcAAJ Edward Van Even Mengelingen Google Books Births 10 January – Emiel van Heurck, folklorist (died 1931) 8 February – Médard Tytgat, illustrator (died 1948) 14 May – Louis de Brouchoven de Bergeyck, politician (died 1938) 26 May – Camille Huysmans, politician (died 1968) 29 May – Pieter Franciscus Dierckx, painter (died 1950) 1 June – Charles Théodore Bernier, engraver (died 1950) 8 June – Aloys Van de Vyvere, politician (died 1961) 12 June – Lu Zhengxiang (in Shanghai), abbot (died 1949) 9 July – Auguste-Léopold Huys, missionary (died 1938) 11 July – Armand Huyghé, soldier (died 1944) 23 July – Ovide Decroly, psychologist (died 1932) 30 September – Adolphe Stoclet, art collector (died 1949) 5 October – Karl Hanquet, historian (died 1928) 30 November – Emile de Cartier de Marchienne, diplomat (died 1946) 29 December – Emmanuel Foulon, Olympic archer (died 1945) Deaths 8 January – Henri Eugène Lucien Gaëtan Coemans (born 1825), priest and botanist 18 January – Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium (born 1870) 2 February – Jan Frans Loos (born 1799), politician 10 February – Étienne Constantin de Gerlache (born 1785), first Prime Minister of Belgium 26 February – Charles Niellon (born 1795), veteran 26 March – François-Joseph Fétis (born 1784), musicologist 18 May – Constance Trotti (born 1800), hostess and patron of the arts October – Théodore Fourmois (born 1814), artist References 1871 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1870s in Belgium Belgium