1864 In Belgium
Events in the year 1864 in Belgium. Incumbents : Monarch: Leopold I : Head of government: Charles Rogier Events * Belgian State Railways Type 1 taken into use ;February * 4 February – Belgian Red Cross founded ;April * Charles Baudelaire moves to Brussels. ;May * 21 May – Father Damien ordained in Honolulu * 23 May – Provincial elections * 29 May –  Princess Charlotte lands in Mexico to become Empress as consort of Maximilian I of Mexico ;July * 11 July – Federation of Catholic Circles and Conservative Associations formed (later to become the more formalised Catholic Party) ;August * 11 August – 1864 Belgian general election, won by Liberal Party * 29 August – Catholic Congress in Mechelen opens (to 3 September) ;September * Exhibition of medieval, Renaissance and contemporary religious art in Mechelen. ;October * 16 October – Belgian Legion embark for Mexico to take part in the Second French intervention in Mexico Sports * Royal Athletics Ass ...
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