1838 in Belgium

none 1838 Events in the year 1838 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 7 April – Tariffs raised on woollen cloth, porcelain, glass, crystal and chemical products.Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).630 15 May – Court of assizes to have jury verdicts.Kroniek 632 28 May – Provincial elections 1 June – Parliament approves government loan of 2 million Belgian francs for building highways and railways.Kroniek 630 June – Ghent linen factories begin mechanising.Kroniek 630 1 August – Westmalle Brewery begins operations 24 September – Monument to the fallen of the Belgian Revolution inaugurated on Place des Martyrs, Brussels.Kroniek 632 3 September – Insurance scheme established for railway workers.Kroniek 631 17 December – Run on the Banque de Belgique.Kroniek 631 23 December – Declarations on postal reciprocity between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=7951 Déclarations de réciprocité concernant la poste entre la Belgique et l'Office du Prince de la Tour et Taxis, signées à Francfort-sur-le-Main 23 December 1838 refLex Council of State (Belgium) Publications Periodicals Almanach royal et du commerce de Belgique (Brussels, Balleroy)Almanach royal on Google Books. Annuaire du clergé catholique du royaume de Belgique (Brussels, L. Schapen)Annuaire du clergé on Google Books. Journal historique et littéraire, vol. 5 (Liège, P. Kersten).Journal historique et littéraire, 5 on Google Books. Messager des sciences et des arts de la Belgique, vol. 6 (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck)Messager des sciences et des arts on Google Books. Revue de Bruxelles, 2.Revue de Bruxelles, 2 on Google Books. Official publications Documents statistiques sur le Royaume de Belgique: recueillis et publiés par le Ministre de l'Intérieur (Brussels, Ch.-J. de Mat)Documents statistiques on Google Books. Guidebooks and directories Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Guide pittoresque et artistique du voyageur en Belgique (Brussels, Société Belge de Librairie)Guide pittoresque on Google Books. Fiction Hendrik Conscience, De Leeuw van Vlaenderen (Antwerp, L.J. de Cort). Art and architecture thumb|Guillaume Geefs, Pro Patria, Place des Martyrs, Brussels (1838) Sculptures Guillaume Geefs, Pro Patria, Place des Martyrs, Brussels Births 3 January – Joseph Dupont, violinist (died 1899) 18 March – Jan Stobbaerts, painter (died 1914) 14 April – Charles Moeller, historian (died 1922) 16 April – Ernest Solvay, industrial chemist (died 1922) 23 April – Alfred Verwee, painter (died 1895) 9 July – Henriette Mayer van den Bergh, art collector (died 1920) 7 September – Louis Delacenserie, architect (died 1909) 23 September – Xavier de Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin, bibliophile (died 1896) 6 October – Henry Gabriels, bishop (died 1921) 15 October – August Vandekerkhove, writer and painter (died 1923) 30 October – Lodewijk de Koninck, writer (died 1924) Deaths 9 February – Françoise Blin de Bourdon (born 1756), religious leader 3 August – Nicolas-Jean Rouppe (born 1769), mayor of Brussels 7 August – Jean-François van de Velde (born 1779), bishop of Ghent References 1838 Category:1830s in Belgium