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1890 In Belgium
Events in the year 1890 in Belgium. Incumbents *Monarch - Leopold II *Prime Minister: Auguste Marie François Beernaert Events * 25 May – Provincial elections * 27 May – Belgian National Day is made a legal holiday * 10 June – Belgian general election, 1890 * 2 July – Brussels Conference Act of 1890 (anti-slavery convention) * 21 July – first observance of 21 July as Belgian National Day; king lays the foundation stone of the Arcade du Cinquantenaire in Brussels. * 16 to 21 August – Seventh International Eucharistic Congress held in Antwerp, with an estimated 150,000 participants. * establishment of Sint-Leocollege in Bruges Publications * Sylvain Balau, ''Soixante-dix ans d'histoire contemporaine de Belgique (1815-1884)'', 3rd edition, with a preface by Charles Woeste (Liège, L. Grandmont-Donders, and Ghent, A. Siffer). * Prosper de Haulleville, ''Les nonciatures apostoliques en Belgique depuis 1830'' * Paul Fredericq and Henrietta Leonard, ''The Study of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgien Und Luxemburg
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest, and the North Sea to the northwest. It covers an area of and has a population of more than 11.5 million, making it the List of countries and dependencies by population density, 22nd most densely populated country in the world and the Area and population of European countries, 6th most densely populated country in Europe, with a density of . Belgium is part of an area known as the Low Countries, historically a somewhat larger region than the Benelux group of states, as it also included parts of northern France. The capital and largest city is City of Brussels, Brussels; other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven. Belgium is a sovereign state and a Federation, federal constitutional m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Woeste
Charles, Count Woeste (26 February 1837 – 5 April 1922), was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician of German descent. He was born in Brussels, the son of Edouard Woeste, who was of Prussian descent who became a naturalized Belgian on 15 January 1841. Edouard Woeste was consul for Prussia from 1843 to 1853 and married Constance Vauthier on 24 September 1834. In August 1855 Charles converted from Lutheranism, Prussian aristocracy's religion, to Catholicism, under the influence of his mother and father Delcourt. On 4 January 1866, he married Marie Greindl, daughter of lieutenant-general Léonard Greindl, who had been minister of war in the government of Pierre de Decker (1855). Education In October 1847, Charles joined the ''Royal Athenaeum'' of Brussels. Among his classmates were Edmond Picard, Charles Graux, Emile de Mot, Xavier Olin, and Pierre Van Humbeeck. He obtained the title of Doctor in Law at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles in 1858. Career He began his career as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désiré De Haerne
Désiré de Haerne (4 July 1804 – 22 March 1890) was a Catholic priest, who was one of the signers of the Belgian constitution. He also founded the St John's Catholic School for the Deaf, which today is located in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, and he was for a time director of the Royal Institution for Deaf (and Dumb Girls) in Brussels, Belgium. Life and career Désiré-Pierre-Antoine de Haerne was born on 4 July 1804 in Ypres, Belgium, when it was part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. His parents were Pierre de Haerne (1780-1849), a lace merchant and minor government official, and Sophie-Catherine van der Ghote. His brother Auguste de Haerne (1806-1870) became the "Doyen of Ninove", probably at the abbey of St. Cornelius, where he had a dozen priests under his direction; and another brother Louis de Haerne (1817-1887) became the king’s district commissioner of Eeklo (Echlo), and at times was administrator of the districts of Turnhout, Tielt and Roeselare (Roulers). Désiré d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eudore Pirmez
Eudore Pirmez (14 February 1830 – 2 March 1890) was a Belgian lawyer and liberal politician. He was director of the National Bank of Belgium, member of parliament, minister and burgomaster of Marchienne-au-Pont Marchienne-au-Pont ( wa, Mårciene) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a commune in its own right before the merger of communes in 1977, when it had a popul .... See also * Liberal Party Sources * Eudore Pirmez, by Albert Nyssens 1893, Polleunis & Ceuterick, Bruxelles. 384 pp Liberal Archive 1830 births 1890 deaths Belgian Ministers of State {{Belgium-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Blansaer
Oscar Blansaer (13 November 1890 – 23 June 1962) was a Belgian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was also the runner-up in 5000 metres at the 1912 Flanders Flanders (, ; Dutch: ''Vlaanderen'' ) is the Flemish-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, ... championships.''Athlétisme, Les championnats des Flandres, Le Vingtième Siècle'' . 19 juni 1912 References 1890 births 1962 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1920 Summer Olympics Belgian male long-distance runners Belgian male marathon runners Olympic athletes for Belgium {{Belgium-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Vanderheyden
Jan Vanderheyden (10 October 1890 – 27 March 1961) was a Belgian film producer and director known for the Flemish comedies he made in the 1930s and 1940s. During the German occupation of Belgium between 1940 and 1944, he produced four of the six films made by Belgian companies in a market that was otherwise flooded by imported German films.Winkel & Welch, pp. 80-82 Vanderheyden hoped to benefit from the Flamenpolitik instituted by the Germans, as Belgian cinema had traditionally been dominated by English and French language films. Vanderheyden made his last film in 1942, after which Belgian feature film production was suspended due to an increasing shortage of film stock. He was married to the German producer/director Edith Kiel with whom he frequently worked. Selected filmography Director * '' De witte'' (1934) * ''Alleen voor U ''(1935) * '' Uilenspiegel leeft nog'' (1935) * '' De wonderdokter'' (1936) * '' Havenmuziek'' (1937) * '' Drie flinke kerels'' (1938) * '' Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Tihon
Camille Tihon (1890–1972) was a Belgian archivist and historian. Life Tihon was born in Remicourt, Belgium, on 25 June 1890. He studied at the University of Liège under Eugène Hubert and Karl Hanquet, graduating with a doctorate for a thesis on the rule of Robert of Berghes as Prince-Bishop of Liège.''La Principauté et le Diocèse de Liège sous Robert de Bergues, 1557-1564'' (Liège, 1923). From 1912 until his retirement in 1955 he worked at the Belgian State Archives, first at the State Archives in Mons and then on secondment to the State Archives in Liège, before transferring in 1919 to the Central State Archive in Brussels. Carlos WyffelsCamille Tihon 1890-1972 '' Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire'', 150 (1984), pp. 152-157. He served as head archivist of the State Archives (1939–1955), and led the efforts to recover archival material transported elsewhere in the German occupation of Belgium during World War II. After the war he also served as director of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Codee
Ann Codee (born Anna Marie Vannuefflin, 5 March 1890 – 18 May 1961) was a Belgian actress with numerous hit films on her résumé, such as '' Can-Can'', ''Kiss Me Kate'', and ''Interrupted Melody''. Born in Antwerp, Belgium, her name was sometimes found in newspapers as Anna Cody. Biography Codee was born in Antwerp. She married actor Frank Orth around 1911. She and her husband toured American vaudeville in the 1910s and 1920s as the comedy act "Codee and Orth". The team made its film debut in 1929, appearing in a series of multilingual movie shorts. Thereafter, both Codee and Orth flourished as Hollywood character actors. Codee was seen in dozens of films as florists, music teachers, landladies, governesses and grandmothers. She played a variety of ethnic types, from the very French Mme. Poullard in ''Jezebel'' (1938) to the Gallic Tante Berthe in ''The Mummy's Curse'' (1941). Codee's last film appearance was as a tight-corseted committeewoman in '' Can-Can'' (1960). Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Six
Alphonse Léopold Bauduin Six (1 January 1890 – 19 August 1914) was a Belgian football player. Six was born in Bruges and is mainly remembered for his goal-scoring capacities. In his period with Cercle Brugge he scored 93 times in only 89 matches. His 1910–1911 season was especially remarkable, when scoring 38 goals in 20 matches, half of the goals Cercle Brugge scored that season. In 1910 Six received his first cap for Belgium, winning 3–2 against the Netherlands and scoring once. Six played nine times for Belgium, scoring eight goals. Six still holds two Cercle Brugge team records: * An average of 1.045 goals per match. * Five goals in one match, against R.E. Sport's Club In 1912, Six left Cercle for Union SG. Due to Union SG not keeping their promises about a job for him - professional footballers were unheard of at that time - he moved to Olympique Lillois, a predecessor of Lille OSC. That season he became the first Belgian football player to become a champion in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Kervyn De Volkaersbeke
Philippe Kervyn de Volkaersbeke (19 April 1815 - 15 July 1881) was a Belgian politician and antiquary. Life Kervyn de Volkaersbeke was born in Sint-Niklaas on 19 April 1815, the son of Jean Charles Kervyn de Volkaersbeke and Angélique Léonie de Nève.F. Van Molle, "Kervyn de Volkaersbeke, baron Philippe Auguste Chrétien", '' Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek'', vol. 2 (Brussels, 1966), 393-400. After secondary school in Brussels, he studied at the University of Ghent without taking a degree. From 1854 to 1857 he served on Ghent city council as alderman of public works, extending the city library. In 1861 he succeeded his father-in-law as mayor of Nazareth, Belgium, retaining that position until his death. In the 1861 parliamentary elections he was elected from the arrondissement of Ghent. He was not re-elected in the 1864 elections, but he again represented the same constituency from 1870 to 1878. His maiden speech in the Chamber of Representatives, on 11 June 1861, was agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Deman
Edmond Deman (1857–1918) was a publisher, antiquarian bookseller and prints dealer in fin-de-siècle Brussels.Adrienne and Luc Fontainas, "Deman, Edmond", '' Nouvelle Biographie Nationale''vol. 4(Brussels, 1997), pp. 109-112. Life Deman was born in Brussels on 26 March 1857. He studied at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he became friends with Émile Verhaeren and edited a student newspaper together with members of the circle that went on to found ''La Jeune Belgique''. In 1880 he married Constance Horwath and together they set up as antiquarian bookdealers in Brussels. From 1888 onwards, Deman used a logo designed for him by Fernand Khnopff in his catalogues. He also published a relatively small number of bibliophile editions, mainly of leading poets with illustrations by leading artists, particularly Émile Verhaeren and Théo van Rysselberghe. During the First World War he took refuge in his holiday home at Le Lavandou. He died there on 19 February 1918. Publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwan Gilkin
Iwan Gilkin (7 January 1858 – 28 September 1924) was a Belgian poet. Born in Brussels, Gilkin was associated with the Symbolist school in Belgium. His works include ''Les ténèbres'' (1892, featuring a frontispiece by Odilon Redon) and ''Le Sphinx'' (1907). Linked with the development of the literary revue the ''Parnasse de la Jeune Belgique'', he was an early appreciator of the Comte de Lautréamont's infamous work, ''Les Chants de Maldoror'', and sent several copies of the book to his friends, including fellow poet Léon Bloy. His mature works, which often concerned difficult religious and philosophical themes, reflect a highly pessimistic, spiritual and anti-positivistic outlook, influenced by Charles Baudelaire and Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer ( , ; 22 February 1788 – 21 September 1860) was a German philosopher. He is best known for his 1818 work ''The World as Will and Representation'' (expanded in 1844), which characterizes the phenomenal world as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
