1860 in Belgium

none 1860 Events in the year 1860 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarchy of Belgium: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier Events thumb|Xavier Mellery, The Abolition of the Tolls in 1860 (1890) 28 May – Provincial elections 9 July – Belgian consulate in Damascus destroyed during anti-Christian pogroms.Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 577. 18 July – Duties charged on goods brought from the countryside into towns abolished.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?docid=58275 Loi du 18 juillet 1860 portant abolition des octrois communaux 18 July 1860 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 7 October – One of the monks sets fire to the church and one of the dormitories at Scourmont Priory."Incendie du couvent des Trappistes – Le frère Robyn accusé", La Belgique judiciaire, vol. 19, no. 15 (21 February 1861), 233-235. 16 November – Execution of Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals. Publications Periodicals Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère, vol. 8.Annales de pomologie on Wikisource (French).Annales de pomologie on Google Books. Annuaire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 26.https://books.google.com/books?id=EUI0AAAAMAAJ Annuaire de l'Académie Royale 26 Annuaire militaire officiel, 14.Annuaire militaire, vol. 14 on Google Books. La Belgique Horticole, 10.La Belgique Horticole, vol. 10 on Google Books. La BelgiqueLa Belgique, vol. 9, vol. 10 on Google Books. Bulletin du bibliophile belge, 16Bulletin du bibliophile belge, vol. 16 on Google Books. Collection de précis historiques, 9, edited by Edouard TerwecorenCollection de précis historiques, vol. 9 on Google Books. Monographs and reports La Belgique en 1860 (Brussels, Philippe Hen).La Belgique en 1860 on Google Books. Manifestation nationale du peuple belge en 1860 (Brussels, E. Guyot, and Haarlem, J. J. Weeveringh).Manifestation nationale on Google Books. Recueil des pièces imprimées par ordre de la Chambre des Représentants, vol. 1.Recueil des pièces on Google Books. Louis Hymans, Histoire populaire de la Belgique (Brussels and Leipzig, Auguste Schnée)Histoire populaire on Google Books. F. Prové, De la question monétaire en Belgique (Brussels, J.-B. Tarride).De la question monétaire on Google Books. Guidebooks A Handbook for Travellers on the Continent: Being a Guide to Holland, Belgium, Prussia, Northern Germany, and the Rhine from Holland to Switzerland (London, John Murray).Handbook for Travellers on Google Books. Literature Joseph Octave Delepierre, A Sketch of the History of Flemish Literature and its Celebrated Authors from the Twelfth Century to the Present Time (London, John Murray).A Sketch of the History of Flemish Literature online at the Austrian National Library. Jules de Saint-Genois, Profils et portraits Births 12 January – Charles Lemonnier, politician (died 1930) 24 February – Max Waller, writer (died 1889) 11 March – Rodolphe Wytsman, painter (died 1927) 2 April – Paul Costermans, colonial administrator (died 1905) 13 April – James Ensor, painter (died 1949) 2 May – Heva Coomans, painter (died 1939) 23 June – Albert Giraud, poet (died 1929) 28 June – Aloïs Biebuyck, officer (died 1944) 12 August – Ernest Baert, explorer (died 1894) 26 August – Luis Siret, archaeologist (died 1934) 4 December – Charles de Broqueville, politician (died 1940) 15 December – Alphonse Michaux, engraver (died 1928) 30 December – Leon Mazy, muralist (died 1938) Deaths 1 April – Joseph Guislain (born 1797), physician 20 April – Charles de Brouckère (born 1796), politician 27 April – John E. Blox (born 1810), Jesuit 11 September – Jean-Baptiste Masui (born 1798), civil engineer 27 September – Charles-Joseph, 4th Duke d'Ursel (born 1777), politician 10 October – Jules Victor Génisson (born 1805), painter 13 October – Egide Linnig (born 1821), artist 22 October – Pieter Vanderghinste (born 1789), composer References 1860 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1860s in Belgium Belgium