1840 in Belgium

none 1840 Events in the year 1840 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Prime Minister: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (to 18 April); Joseph Lebeau (from 18 April)Georges-Henri Dumont, Chronologie de la Belgique: De 1830 à nos jours (Le Cri, 2017). Events 29 March – Treaty of amity and navigation with the United States signed but never ratified.C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 88. On Google Books 18 April – Liberal ministry under Joseph Lebeau comes to power. 25 May – Provincial elections 30 May – Parliament considers petitions for Dutch to be made an official language, organised by Ferdinand Augustijn Snellaert and Jean-Baptist David. 4 June – Botanical Garden of Mechelen opens, with Joseph Van Hoorde as head gardener.Émile Van Arenbergh, "Van Hoorde, Joseph", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 9 (Brussels, 1887), 459-460. 10 August – Culmination of the Fortsas hoax in Binche. 15 August – City of Antwerp festively marks the bicentenary of the death of Peter Paul Rubens.https://www.rubenshuis.be/nl/pagina/rubens-de-eerste-vlaming-met-een-standbeeld Rubenshuis Rubens, de eerste Vlaming met een standbeeld 2015 Publications Periodicals Almanach royal de Belgique (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)https://books.google.com/books?id=4ZpjAAAAcAAJ Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier February 6, 1840 Librairie polytechnique Google Books Annuaire de la bibliothèque royale de Belgiquehttps://books.google.com/books?id=rQ4_AAAAcAAJ Annuaire de la bibliothèque royale de Belgique 1840 books.google.com Annuaire dramatique de la Belgique, 2https://books.google.com/books?id=3EMPAQAAIAAJ Annuaire dramatique de la Belgique February 6, 1840 Google Books Archives de la médecine belgehttps://books.google.com/books?id=hZEPAAAAQAAJ Archives de la médecine belge February 6, 1840 Société encyclographique des sciences médicales Google Books Messager des sciences historiqueshttps://books.google.com/books?id=8aZMAAAAcAAJ Messager des sciences historiques, ou Archives des arts et de la bibliographie de Belgique February 6, 1840 Vanderhaeghen Google Books Pasinomie: Collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique, series 2, 1822-1824 (Brussels, Société Typographique Belge)https://books.google.com/books?id=7oFCAAAAcAAJ Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et réglements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique February 6, 1840 Bruylant Google Books La renaissance: Chronique des arts et de la littérature begins publication under the auspices of the Association Nationale pour Favoriser les Arts en Belgique.https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-FZAAAAYAAJ La renaissance chronique des arts et de la littérature February 6, 1840 la Société des beaux arts Google Books Revue de Bruxelles, 4January to March 1840, April to June 1840 Revue nationale de BelgiqueVolumes 4-5 on Google Books. Exhibitions Exposition publique de la Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique à Gand (Ghent, D. J. Vanderhaeghen-Hulin)https://books.google.com/books?id=dCBZAAAAcAAJ Exposition publique de la Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique de la ville de Gand February 6, 1840 Vanderhaeghen Google Books Guidebooks and directories Indicateur belge, ou Guide commercial et industriel (Brussels, Bauchard-Rinche)https://books.google.com/books?id=UV5bAAAAQAAJ Indicateur belge, ou Guide commercial et industriel de l'habitant et de l'étranger dans Bruxelles et la Belgique, pour l'an 1840, contenant plus de 60.000 adresses ou renseignements administratifs, commerciaux, etc February 6, 1840 chez Bauchard-Rinche Google Books Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Belgium Historical and Picturesque, translated by Henry Robert Addison (Brussels)https://books.google.com/books?id=8GLRAmJzKxIC Belgium Historical and Picturesque Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes February 6, 1840 Belgian Company of booksellers Google Books Alexandre Ferrier de Tourettes, Handbook for Travellers on the Belgian Rail-Road (Brussels)https://books.google.com/books?id=RCey4V9m5XQC Handbook for Travellers on the Belgian Rail-Road Alexandre FERRIER DE TOURETTES February 6, 1840 Google Books Monographs P. Namur, Histoire des bibliothèques publiques de la Belgique (Brussels, F. Parent)https://books.google.com/books?id=nkA-zBzxLJUC Histoire des Bibliotheques publiques de la Belgique books.google.com Namur Jean Pie 1840 Literature Maria Doolaeghe, Madelieven Jules de Saint-Genois, Le Faux Baudouin Births 3 January – Father Damien, missionary (died 1889) 11 April – Paul Janson, politician (died 1913) 7 June – Charlotte of Belgium, Empress of Mexico (died 1927) 11 June – Henri de Braekeleer, painter (died 1888) Deaths 4 February – Angélique de Rouillé (born 1756), writer 20 March – Jan Frans van Dael (born 1764), painter 9 June – John Cockerill (born 1790), industrialist – Jeanne-Marie Artois (born 1762), brewer References 1840 Category:1840s in Belgium