Events in the year 1843 in

Belgium 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 th ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

: Leopold I *

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Jean-Baptiste Nothomb Jean-Baptiste, Baron Nothomb (3 July 1805 – 16 September 1881) was a Belgian statesman and diplomat, who served as the prime minister of Belgium from 1841 to 1845. Life Revolution Born at Messancy in Luxembourg on 3 July 1805, he was educated ...

Events

Pierre-Joseph van Beneden Pierre-Joseph van Beneden FRS FRSE FGS FZS (19 December 1809 – 8 January 1894) was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist. Life Born in Mechelen, Belgium, he studied medicine at the State University of Leuven, and studied zoology in Paris unde ...

establishes the world's first marine laboratory in

Ostend Ostend ( nl, Oostende, ; french: link=no, Ostende ; german: link=no, Ostende ; vls, Ostende) is a coastal city and municipality, located in the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerk ...

* 12 June –

Parliamentary elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

* 21 July –

Antwerp Zoo Antwerp Zoo ( nl, ZOO Antwerpen) is a zoo in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843. ...

established * 7 August – Border convention between Belgium and the Luxembourg concluded at Maastricht. * 8 August – Border convention between Belgium and the Netherlands concluded at Maastricht.

Publications

;Periodicals *''Almanach royal de Belgique'' (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique) * ''La Belgique judiciaire: gazette des tribunaux belges et étrangers'' * '' Bulletin et Annales de l'Académie d'Archéologie de Belgique'' begins publication. *''

Journal historique et littéraire ''Journal historique et littéraire'' was the title of two distinct periodicals published in Liège in the 18th and 19th centuries. 18th century The first ''Journal historique et littéraire'' was edited and in large part written by François-Xav ...

'', vol. 10 (Liège,

Pierre Kersten Pierre Kersten (1789–1865) was a Belgian journalist and publisher, active in Liège from 1821 until his death. Life Kersten was born in Maastricht on 19 January 1789. For some years he worked as a teacher of Greek at a secondary school in the ci ...

) *''La renaissance: Chronique des arts et de la littérature'', 4. * ''

Revue de Bruxelles ''Revue de Bruxelles'' was a review published in Brussels from 1837 to 1850. The founding editors were Adolphe Deschamps and Pierre de Decker Pierre (Pieter) Jacques François de Decker (25 January 1812 – 4 January 1891) was a Belgian Roman Cat ...

'' changes title to ''Nouvelle Revue de Bruxelles''. * ''Revue nationale de Belgique'', Vol. 9 ;Monographs and reports * ''État de l'instruction moyenne en Belgique, 1830-1842'' * ''Notice statistique sur les Journaux Belges: 1830-1842'' *

Edward Dobson Edward Dobson (1816/17? – 19 September 1908) was Provincial Engineer for Canterbury Province, New Zealand from 1854 to 1868. Early life Edward Dobson was born in London, probably in 1816 or 1817. His parents were John Dobson, a merchant, and E ...

, ''An Historical, Statistical, and Scientific Account of the Railways of Belgium from 1834 to 1842'' (London, John Weale) * Charles Marcellis, ''Coup d'oeuil sur la Belgique en 1843'' *

Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden Pierre-Joseph van Beneden FRS FRSE FGS FZS (19 December 1809 – 8 January 1894) was a Belgian zoologist and paleontologist. Life Born in Mechelen, Belgium, he studied medicine at the State University of Leuven, and studied zoology in Paris unde ...

, ''Recherches sur l'embryogénie des tubulaires'' * Pierre-Joseph Van Beneden, ''Mémoire sur les campanulaires de la côte d'Ostende'' ;Literature *

Henry Robert Addison Henry Robert Addison (1805–1876), sometimes erroneously called Captain Addison, was born in Calcutta. He became a Cornet (rank), cornet in the 2nd Dragoon Guards on 12 July 1827, and was promoted to lieutenant on 15 March 1831, which rank he ...

, ''Belgium as she is'' (Brussels and Leipzig, C. Muquardt)On Google Books
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Hendrik Conscience Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper cl ...

, ''Hoe men schilder wordt'' * Hendrik Conscience, ''Wat een Moeder lijden kan''

Births

*18 March –

Jules Vandenpeereboom Jules (Julius) Henri Pierre François Vandenpeereboom (18 March 1843 – 6 March 1917) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Vandenpeereboom was born in Kortrijk and educated as a lawyer. He represented Kortrijk in the Belgian Chamber of Peo ...

, politician (died 1917) *26 April – Paul de Vigne, sculptor (died 1901) *13 May –

Paul de Smet de Naeyer Paul Joseph, Count de Smet de Naeyer (13 May 1843 – 9 September 1913) was a Belgian Catholic Party politician. Born in Ghent, son of a cotton industrialist, he was himself also an industrialist and a banker. He was head of the Société Gén� ...

, politician (died 1913) *25 July –

Edmond Hanssens Edmond-Winnie-Victor Hanssens (25 July 1843 – 28 December 1884) was a Belgian soldier and colonial administrator. He did much to establish the Belgian presence on the Upper Congo River in the last two years of his life. Early years (1843–1881) ...

, colonial administrator (died 1884) *19 September –

Charles van der Stappen Charles van der Stappen (also Karl van der Stappen; 19 September 1843 – 21 October 1910), was a Belgian sculptor, born in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode. Life Educated at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (1859–1868), van der Stappen' ...

, sculptor (died 1910)

Deaths

*2 March –

François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet François-Joseph-Philippe de Riquet (21 September 1771 - 2 March 1843), comte de Caraman was the 16th Prince de Chimay from 24 July 1804 to 1843. Early life François-Joseph-Philippe was born in Paris on 21 September 1771. He was a son of Victor M ...

(born 1771),

prince of Chimay Prince of Chimay is a title of Belgian and Dutch nobility associated with the town of Chimay in what is now Belgium. The title is currently held by Philippe de Caraman-Chimay, 22nd Prince de Chimay. The main residence of the princely family is C ...

*12 December –

William I of the Netherlands William I (Willem Frederik, Prince of Orange-Nassau; 24 August 1772 – 12 December 1843) was a Prince of Orange, the King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He was the son of the last Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, who we ...

(born 1772), former head of state

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