1874 in Belgium

none 1874 Events in the year 1874 in Belgium. Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Head of government: Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (to 21 August); Jules Malou (from 21 August) Events 20 January – Royal decree providing for subsidies to the dramatic arts. 19 March – Extradition treaty with the United States of America. 25 May – Provincial elections 1 June – Service starts on Brussels–Charleroi railway line. Nivelles railway station inaugurated. 9 June – Partial legislative elections of 1874 21 August – Prime Minister Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt dies in office; succeeded by Jules Malou 2 September – Convention with The Netherlands for improvements to the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal signed in Brussels.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=7630 Convention entre la Belgique et les Pays-Bas pour l'amélioration du canal de Gand à Terneuzen, signée à Bruxelles le 2 septembre 1874 2 September 1874 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 10 September – Postal convention with Peru signed in Brussels.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=7631 Convention postale entre la Belgique et le Perou, signée à Bruxelles le 10 septembre 1874 10 September 1874 refLex Council of State (Belgium) 24 December – Extradition treaty with the German Empire, replacing earlier treaties with individual German states.http://reflex.raadvst-consetat.be/reflex/index.reflex?page=traiverd&c=detail_get&d=detail&docid=6516 Convention d'extradition entre la Belgique et l'Allemagne, signée à Bruxelles le 24 décembre 1874 24 December 1874 refLex Council of State (Belgium) Publications Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique. 1874. (Brussels).https://books.google.com/books?id=WzxGAQAAMAAJ Pasinomie: Collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique Belgium 1874 Émile de Laveleye, De la Proprieté et de ses Formes PrimitivesEnglish translation by G.R.L. Marriott, Primitive Property (London, 1878), on Internet Archive Eugène Van Bemmel, Patria Belgica: Encyclopédie nationale, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe & Cie., 1874)On Google Books Art and architecture thumb|Jean-François Portaels, Juive de Tanger (1874) Paintings Jean-François Portaels, Juive de Tanger Births 13 January – Jozef-Ernest van Roey, archbishop (died 1961) 26 February – Gaston-Antoine Rasneur, bishop (died 1939) 19 April – Firmin Baes, painter (died 1943) Deaths 17 February – Adolphe Quetelet (born 1796), mathematician 23 May – Sylvain Van de Weyer (born 1802), politician 4 July – Hippolyte Boulenger (born 1837), painter 21 August – Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt (born 1794) 6 December – Gustaf Wappers (born 1803), painter References 1874 Belgium Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium Category:1870s in Belgium Belgium