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1857 In Belgium
Events in the year 1857 in Belgium. Incumbents :Monarchy of Belgium, Monarch: Leopold I of Belgium, Leopold I :Prime Minister of Belgium, Head of government: Pierre de Decker (to 9 November); Charles Rogier (from 9 November) Events * Neuhaus (chocolatier), Jean Neuhaus opens an apothecary shop in Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert * 28 May – Liberal protests near the Palace of the Nation against a proposed "convents" law that would give the Catholic Church more power to manage charitable foundations. * 27 October – Municipal elections, giving a liberal victory. * 30 October – Pierre de Decker's ministry resigns. * 10 December – 1857 Belgian general election, Snap legislative elections, giving a liberal victory. Publications ;Periodicals * ''Almanach de poche de Bruxelles'' (Brussels, M. E. Rampelbergh) * ''Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie'' (Brussels, H. Tarlier) * ''Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère'', vol. 5. * ''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'', vol. 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search, Google Print, and by its code-name Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.The basic Google book link is found at: https://books.google.com/ . The "advanced" interface allowing more specific searches is found at: https://books.google.com/advanced_book_search Books are provided either by publishers and authors through the Google Books Partner Program, or by Google's library partners through the Library Project. Additionally, Google has partnered with a number of magazine publishers to digitize their archives. The Publisher Program was first known as Google Print when it was introduced at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2004. The Google Books Library Project, which scans works in the collections of library partners and adds them to the digital invent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Félix De Mérode
Philippe Félix Balthasar Otto Ghislain, Count de Merode (13 April 1791 – 7 February 1857), known as ''Félix de Merode'', was a Belgian politician. Biography Born in Maastricht, Merode's father was mayor of Brussels during the period in which modern Belgium formed part of France. Under the First French Empire, Merode lived in Paris. In 1809 he married Rosalie de Gramont, niece by marriage of the Marquis de Lafayette. Merode settled in the southern part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands—modern Belgium—and was one of the leaders of the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He served in the Provisional Government of Belgium and in the Belgian National Congress which was elected in November 1830. Merode was proposed as a candidate for the throne of the newly created Belgium, but refused to be considered as he was not a prince, merely a count. Merode's brother Frédéric was killed during the fighting against the forces of King William I following the revolution. He form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Jean Wyns De Raucour
François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (or Raucourt), knight (6 November 1779 – 4 January 1857), was a Belgian liberal politician and burgomaster of Brussels. He was a lawyer and became alderman and burgomaster of Brussels (1840–1848). François-Jean Wyns de Raucour was also a member of the provincial council of Brabant and a member of the Belgian Senate. Honours * Knight in the Order of Leopold.Indépendance Belge (L') 05-01-1857 * Knight of the Legion of Honour. See also * List of mayors of the City of Brussels This is a list of mayors or burgomasters of the City of Brussels. Burgundian Netherlands (1384–1482) *1380: Geert Pipenpoy *1381: Geert Pipenpoy and Jacques Stovaert *1421: J. Swaeff, J. Cooman *1422: Walter Vanden Heetvelde, Petrus van Bole ... References Sources * Du Bois, A., "Les Bourgmestres de Bruxelles", in : ''Revue de Belgique'', April 1896, pp. 365–396. * De Paepe, Jean-Luc, Raindorf-Gérard, Christiane (red), ''Le Parlement Belge 1831-1894. Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Goffinet
Auguste Constant Jules Marie Baron Goffinet (28 August 1857, Brussels – 4 April 1927, Brussels) was a Belgian dignitary at the Imperial Court of Mexico. Family He was the son of Adrien Goffinet, who was made Aide-de-camp of King Leopold I at a very young age. By decree of the Royal Household, Auguste Goffinet entered court on 15 February 1876, in service of the duke of Brabant. During his career he was sent by Royal Command to various diplomatic missions and guarded the Private fortune of the King. By Royal Command he guarded the Imperial Household of Charlotte of Mexico Charlotte of Belgium (''Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine''; 7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), known by the Spanish version of her name, Carlota, was by birth a Princess of Belgium and member of the House of ..., the daughter of King Leopold I. In 1993 the King Baudouin foundation purchased the archives of the brothers Goffinet, with important documents on royal co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Gustave Amelot
Louis-Gustave Amelot (25 August 1857 – 1 December 1884) was a Belgian mechanical engineer who served with the International African Association, the precursor to the Congo Free State ''(Work and Progress) , national_anthem = Vers l'avenir , capital = Vivi Boma , currency = Congo Free State franc , religion = Catholicism (''de facto'') , leader1 = Leopo .... Early years (1857–1881) Louis-Gustave Amelot was born in Brussels on 25 August 1857. He became a mechanical engineer. He entered the service of the International African Association as a mechanic, and left for Africa on 1 September 1881. Lower Congo (1881–1883) Amelot stayed in the lower Congo region for about a year, mostly in Vivi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Vivi, a station commanded by Otto Lindner (1852–1945). In July 1882 the overall commander Henry Morton Stanley, who was sick, came down to Vivi. He assigned Amelot to leave f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyriaque Gillain
Cyriaque Cyprien Victor Gillain (11 August 1857 – 17 August 1931) was a Belgian officer who served in World War I and was chief of the Belgian general staff between April 1918 and February 1920. Youth and education Gillain was born in Biesme on 11 August 1857, as a son of Adolphe Gillain and Virginie Alexandre. Gillain experienced a difficult youth because he could not agree with his family. To escape from them, he enlisted as a volunteer in the 4th artillery regiment at the age of 18. A few years later, in 1878, he entered the Ecole Militaire. According to fellow students, Gillain never was a brilliant student during his time at the Ecole. He graduated in 1883 with the rank of sous-lieutenant in the artillery, and, at his own request, was transferred to the cavalry a few months later. In 1886, he entered the Ecole de Guerre, which provided further schooling for officers, where he graduated in 1888 as a lieutenant with a degree of the general staff. Congo Free State T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Napoléon Chaltin
Louis-Napoléon Chaltin (1857–1933) was a Belgian career soldier and colonial official notable for his service in the Congo Free State during the late 19th century. Career Chaltin was born in Ixelles in Belgium. He was appointed a lieutenant in 1885 and entered the service of the Congo Free State in 1891. In 1893 he was head of the ''Force Publique'' station at Basoko. He left this post to ascend the Lomami River to Bena-Kamba, then striking overland to Riba Riba, near present-day Kindu. Chaltin burned down Riba Riba. When rebuilt, the town took the name of Lokandu. He then raised the siege of the Stanley Falls station; now, Kisangani when it was falling to the Swahilis. He defeated the Arab-led forces on 18 May 1893. After defeating them again at Kirundu, the Arabs were expelled from the region. On 15 July 1898, the Stanley Falls district would become the Province Orientale, with Stanleyville as its headquarters. Chaltin secured the Dungu region in the northeast of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Louise De Meester
Mother Marie Louise De Meester, M.C.R.S.A. (8 April 1857 – 10 October 1928), founded the Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine in Mulagumudu, then British India. They are now known as the Missionary Sisters of the "Immaculati Cordis Mariae" or Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (I.C.M.), an international religious institute serving in the fields of social and pastoral work, technology and medicine. Life Early life De Meester was born in Roeselare, Belgium. As a teenager, she studied to become a teacher and proved to be a competent and kind teacher who was admired and respected by her students. She then decided to leave the school where she taught to be able to serve the poor. On May 4, 1881, she joined the Canonesses Regular of Ypres, Belgium, at the medieval Abbey of Notre Dame de la Nouvelle Plante, to fulfill her calling. Missionary In the 1880s the abbey received an appeal from a Catholic priest in the city of Mulagumudu, then in the British Raj, for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
César Thomson
César Thomson (18 March 1857 – 21 August 1931) was a Belgian violinist, teacher, and composer. Biography He was born in Liège in 1857. At age seven, he entered the Royal Conservatory of Liège, and studied under Désiré Heynberg, Rodolphe Massart and Jacques Dupuis (1830-1870). By age 16, he was considered to have "a technique unrivalled by any other violinist then living". He was also a student of Hubert Léonard, Henryk Wieniawski and Henri Vieuxtemps. In 1873 he became concertmaster of the private orchestra (52 players) of Baron Paul von Dervies, a Russian banker and railroad magnate, who, in 1870, had built the Castello di Trevano as a temple to music, in the vicinity of Canobbio, by Lugano, Switzerland. After von Dervies lost his mind and disappeared, Thomson left Lugano in 1877, but not before he had married a local noblewoman, Luisa Riva. In 1879 he played in a Berlin orchestra, and in 1882 was appointed violin professor at his alma mater, the Liège Conservato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules De Trooz
Jules Henri Ghislain Marie, Baron de Trooz (21 February 1857 – 31 December 1907) was a Belgium, Belgian Catholic Party (Belgium), Catholic Party politician. De Trooz was born in Leuven, and had studied philosophy before entering politics. He represented Leuven in the Belgian Chamber of People's Representatives from 1899 onwards, serving as Education and Interior minister. In 1907 he became the List of Prime Ministers of Belgium, prime minister of Belgium, retaining the Interior portfolio. He was the second Belgian prime minister to die in office, after Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt. Honours * : Minister of State by Royal Decree. * : knight Order of Leopold (Belgium), Order of Leopold * : Knight grand Cross in the Order of the Redeemer * :knight Commander in the Order of Saint Sylvester Pope * :knight in the Order of Pope Pius IX * : Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice * Knight grand Cross in the Order of the Red Eagle * Knight grand Cross in the Order of the Double Dragon * Knight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon De Witte De Haelen
Baron Léon Alphonse Ernest Bruno de Witte de Haelen, born Léon de Witte (12 January 1857 – 15 July 1933) was a Belgian army officer and general who served during World War I. He is particularly known for commanding the Belgian Cavalry Division at the Battle of Haelen in 1914. Military career De Witte entered the Royal Military Academy in 1874. He was promoted to Sous-lieutenant in 1878. In 1880, he requested a transfer to the cavalry and was posted to the 2nd Chasseurs à Cheval. He received his Brevet d'état-major (BEM) in 1887, and between 1906 and 1910 served as commander of the 1st Guides Regiment. He held command of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade between 1910 and 1913 and was in command of the newly created Cavalry Division when Belgium was invaded by Germany in 1914. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in August 1914, just 6 days before commanding his division at the Battle of Haelen. The Belgian victory at the battle, nicknamed the "Battle of the Silver Helmets" after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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