1882 In Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1882 in the Kingdom of Belgium. Incumbents * Monarch: Leopold II * Prime Minister:Walthère Frère-Orban Events * Louis Dollo reconstructs the iguanodons found in Bernissart. * 7 January – Léon and Armand Peltzer murder Guillaume Bernays at 159 Rue de la Loi, Brussels (the Peltzer Case). * 6 May – North Sea Fisheries Convention signed, to come into effect in 1884. * 22 May – Provincial elections * 13 June – Legislative elections * 31 July – Désiré-Joseph Mercier appointed to the new chair in Thomist philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain. * 27 November – The Peltzer Case comes to trial before the Brussels Court of assizes. * December – Jean-Charles Houzeau leads a scientific expedition to San Antonio, Texas, to observe a transit of Venus in order to determine the solar parallax. Publications ;Periodicals * ''Bulletins de l'Acadie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgiqu ...
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Catholic University Of Leuven (1835–1968)
University of Leuven or University of Louvain (french: Université de Louvain, link=no; nl, Universiteit Leuven, link=no) may refer to: * Old University of Leuven (1425–1797) * State University of Leuven (1817–1835) * Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) * Katholieke Universiteit Leuven or KU Leuven (1968–), a Dutch-speaking university in Leuven * Université catholique de Louvain or UCLouvain (1968–), a French-speaking university in Louvain-la-Neuve, Brussels, Mons, Namur, Charleroi and Tournai See also * Split of the Catholic University of Leuven * Universities in Leuven * Leuven University Press Leuven University Press ( nl, Universitaire Pers Leuven) is a university press located in Leuven, Belgium. It was established in 1971 in association with KU Leuven KU Leuven (or Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) is a Catholic research univ ...

Josef Christiaens
Josef Henri Charles Christiaens, sometimes spelt Joseph (16 June 1882 – 25 February 1919), was a Belgian engineer, racecar driver and aviator. Biography Christiaens was born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode on 16 June 1882 to a prosperous Belgian family. On 13 August 1905 he participated in the ''Coupe de Liedekerke et Williame'' race held near Dinant, Belgium. The race spanned 102.740 km, but Josef failed to complete the race. He also failed to qualify for the ''Il Coupe de Normandie'' with his Vivinus 6 racecar on 29 August 1909. The Vivinus later gave Christiaens his first victory, winning the 2nd ''Coupe de Liedekerke et Williame'' in Ostend, Belgium on 13 September 1909. He went on to take a string of victories in Europe and in the US. On 9 September 1916 Josef and his English Sunbeam racecar, became the first foreigner to enter the Indianapolis Motor Speedway "Harvest Classic", composing of three races held at 20, 50 and 100- distances. Johnny Aitken, in a Peugeot, ...
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Paul Anspach
Paul Eugène Albert Anspach (1 April 1882 – 28 August 1981) was a Belgian épée and foil fencer who competed in four consecutive Olympics (1908, 1912, 1920 and 1924). His grand-uncle, Jules Anspach (1829-1879), was Brussels burgomaster. Early life Paul Anspach began his athletic career as a football player. He was a member of the Anspach family. He died in his sleep in Brussels, Belgium on 28 August 1981. Fencing career Olympics Anspach was captain of the Belgian épée team from 1909 to 1928. At the 1908 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the team épée event and placed 5th overall in individual épée. In the sabre competition, he was stopped in the 2nd round. At the 1912 Summer Olympics, he captured gold medals in both the individual and team épée competitions. In the individual event, he won 6 of his 7 matches. He finished in 12th place in the individual foil event. The Olympics were not held in 1916 because of World War I. At the 1920 Summer Olympic ...
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Georges Dandoy
Georges Dandoy (5 February 1882 in Hemptinne, Namur, Belgium – 11 June 1962 in Kolkata, India) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary in India, theologian and Indologist. He is included in the so-called ‘Calcutta School of Indology’ (sometimes also known as the 'Bengal School'Udayan Namboodiry, ''St Xavier’s: The Making of a Calcutta Institution'' (New Delhi: Viking/Penguin Books India, 1995) 116). Education After a year of philosophical studies at Namur (1904–1905), he was sent to Stonyhurst, England to complete his philosophy (1905–1907), and to begin studying Sanskrit at Oxford University (1907–1909). Sent to Kolkata, he began teaching at St Xavier’s College (1909–1912) before beginning his theological studies at St Mary’s, Kurseong, near Darjeeling (1912–1916). He was ordained priest in November 1914. Work His theological thinking was influenced by William Wallace (priest), William Wallace SJ, a former Anglican priest who had become a Roman Catholic fol ...
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