1839 in Belgium

none 1839 Events in the year 1839 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de MeylandtGeorges-Henri Dumont, Chronologie de la Belgique: De 1830 à nos jours (Le Cri, 2017). Events 19 April – Treaty of London guarantees Belgian independence and neutrality; Luxembourg and Limburg partitioned. 21 May – Royal Library of Belgium opens to the public. 11 June – Parliamentary elections Publications Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen founded by Constant-Philippe Serrure and Philip Blommaert as a text publication society to produce editions of medieval Flemish literature. Periodicals Bibliographie de la Belgique, ou catalogue général de livres belges (Brussels, C. Muquardt)Bibliographie de la Belgique on Google Books. Revue de Bruxelles, 3.April–June issues on Google Books. Official publications Machines à vapeur: Arrêtés et instructions (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)Machines à vapeur on Google Books. Other works Kronyk van Vlaenderen van 580 tot 1467 (2 vols, Ghent, Maetschappy der Vlaemsche Bibliophilen).Both volumes in one on Google Books. Le promeneur dans Bruxelles et dans ses environs (Brussels, Société Typographique Belge)Le promeneur on Google Books. Mrs. Wemyss Dalrymple, The Economist's New Brussels Guide (Brussels, W. Todd)Economist's New Brussels Guide on Google Books. Louis de Potter, Révolution belge, 1828 à 1839: Souvenirs personnels (Brussels, Meline, Cans & co.)Révolution belge on Google Books. Joseph Jean De Smet, Abrégé de l'histoire de la Belgique, third edition (Ghent)Abrégé de l'histoire de la Belgique Vanryckeghem-Hovaere 1839 Ghent 3rd https://books.google.com/books?id=PzhBAAAAcAAJ Charles Piot, Histoire de Louvain (Leuven)Histoire de Louvain on Google Books. Pierre Simons and Gustave Nicolas Joseph de Ridder, Le Chemin de fer belge, ou recueil des mémoires et devis pour l'établissement du chemin de fer d'Anvers et Ostende à Cologne, avec embranchement de Bruxelles et de Gand aux frontières de France, 3rd edition (Brussels, Lacross et Cie.)Le Chemin de fer belge on Google Books. Auguste Voisin, La bataille de Woeringen: récit historique (Brussels, Société des Beaux-Arts)https://books.google.com/books?id=qGdbAAAAQAAJ La bataille de Woeringen: Récit historique 1839 Art and architecture thumb|Antoine Wiertz, Esmeralda (1839) Antoine Wiertz, Esmeralda, Quasimodo Births 10 February – Max Rooses, writer and museum curator (died 1914) 1 March – Élie Marchal, botanist (died 1923) 28 July – Isabelle Gatti de Gamond, feminist educator (died 1905) 7 August – Charles Hermans, painter (died 1924) 30 August – Henri Maquet, architect (died 1909) 18 October – Alphonse Joseph Charles Dubois, naturalist (died 1921) 18 December – Adolf Daens, radical priest (died 1907) 26 December – Charles John Seghers, missionary bishop (died 1886) Deaths 9 June – Joseph Paelinck (born 1781), painter 7 August – Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier (born 1769), politician 15 December – Mattheus Ignatius van Bree (born 1773), painter References 1839 Category:1830s in Belgium