1862 In Belgium
Events in the year 1862 in Belgium. Incumbents : Monarch: Leopold I : Head of government: Charles Rogier Events * Chimay Brewery founded * Belgian Catholic Mission to China established ;March * 3 March – Leopold I of Belgium writes a letter to the dean of Windsor expressing a desire to be buried alongside his first wife, Princess Charlotte of Wales.Alain de Gueldre et al., ''Kroniek van België'' (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987). * 29 March – Two members of a criminal gang guillotined in Charleroi. ;April * 11 April – Belgian Navy abolished. ;May * 26 May – Provincial elections ;July * 23 July – Anglo-Belgian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation signed. ;September * 16 September – Victor Hugo's Brussels publisher, Albert Lacroix, holds a banquet to celebrate the success of '' Les Misérables'' Architecture * Loppem Castle (designed by E. W. Pugin and Jean-Baptiste Bethune) completed Publications ;Periodicals and series * ''Almanach royal officiel'' (Brussels ...
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