Events in the year 1857 in
Belgium.
Incumbents
:
Monarch:
Leopold I
:
Head of government:
Pierre de Decker (to 9 November);
Charles Rogier (from 9 November)
Events
*
Jean Neuhaus opens an apothecary shop in
Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
* 28 May – Liberal protests near the
Palace of the Nation
The Federal Parliament is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: Chambre des Représentants, german: Abgeordnetenkammer) and the Senate (Dutch: , french: Sénat, german: Senat). It s ...
against a proposed "convents" law that would give the Catholic Church more power to manage charitable foundations.
* 27 October – Municipal elections, giving a liberal victory.
* 30 October –
Pierre de Decker's ministry resigns.
* 10 December –
Snap legislative elections, giving a liberal victory.
Publications
;Periodicals
* ''Almanach de poche de Bruxelles'' (Brussels, M. E. Rampelbergh)
* ''Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie'' (Brussels, H. Tarlier)
* ''
Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère
''Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère'' (1853–1860) was an illustrated pomology review published annually by the Belgian Commission Royale de Pomologie, with Alexandre Bivort
Alexandre Joseph Désiré Bivort (1809–1872) was a Belgian ...
'', vol. 5.
* ''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'', vol. 11, edited by
Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein
* ''Annuaire statistique et historique belge'', vol. 4, edited by
Auguste Scheler
* ''Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique'', vol. 23
* ''La Belgique'', 4
* ''
La Belgique Horticole'', vol. 7.
* ''Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique'', ser. 2, vol. 1.
* ''Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles'', vol. 3 (Brussels, Hayez).
* ''Collection de précis historiques'', vol. 6, edited by
Edouard Terwecoren
Edouard Terwecoren (1815–1872) was a Belgian Jesuit author.
Life
Terwecoren was born in Vilvoorde on 17 June 1815. He entered the Jesuit novitiate in Nivelles in 1836. He taught at the Jesuit college in Namur and St Joseph College, Aalst, befor ...
S.J.
* ''Journal de l'armée belge'', vols. 13-14
* ''Journal d'horticulture pratique de la Belgique''
* ''De toekomst: tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs'' begins publication
;Official reports and monographs
* ''Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciaux''
* ''Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique'', vol. 9
*
Joseph Jean De Smet Joseph Jean De Smet (1794–1877) was a priest and historian who took part in the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
Life
De Smet was born in Ghent, in what was then the County of Flanders in the Austrian Netherlands, on 11 December 1794. His secondary an ...
, ''Vie de Saint-Liévin, patron de Gand et apôtre du pays d'Alost'' (Ghent)
*
Jean-Joseph Thonissen
Jean-Joseph Thonissen (b. Hasselt, Limburg, 21 Jan., 1817; d. Leuven, 17 Aug., 1891) was a professor of law at the Catholic University of Leuven and a minister in the Belgian Government.
Legal career
Thonissen first performed duties in the magistr ...
, ''La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I'', vol. 3 (Liège, J.-G. Lardinois)
;Guidebooks and directories
* David Bogue, ''Belgium and the Rhine'' (London, Lee and Carter).
;Literature
*
Frans de Cort
Frans Jozef de Cort (21 June 1834, in Antwerp – 18 January 1878, in Elsene), was a Flemish writer.
Life
De Cort was born and brought up in Antwerp, where he became a shipping clerk, in 1861 moving to Brussels to serve as clerk of the militar ...
, ''Liederen, eerste reeks'' (Antwerp)
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Births
* 12 January – Léon de Witte de Haelen, general (died 1933)
* 21 February – Jules de Trooz, politician (died 1907)
* 18 March – César Thomson, violinist (died 1931)
* 8 April – Marie Louise De Meester
Mother Marie Louise De Meester, M.C.R.S.A. (8 April 1857 – 10 October 1928), founded the Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine in Mulagumudu, then British India. They are now known as the Missionary Sisters of the "Immaculati Cordis Mariae ...
, religious foundress (died 1928)
* 27 April – Louis-Napoléon Chaltin, colonial officer (died 1933)
* 11 August – Cyriaque Gillain
Cyriaque Cyprien Victor Gillain (11 August 1857 – 17 August 1931) was a Belgian officer who served in World War I and was chief of the Belgian general staff between April 1918 and February 1920.
Youth and education
Gillain was born in Bie ...
, general (died 1931)
* 25 August – Louis-Gustave Amelot
Louis-Gustave Amelot (25 August 1857 – 1 December 1884) was a Belgian mechanical engineer who served with the International African Association, the precursor to the Congo Free State
''(Work and Progress)
, national_anthem = Vers l'av ...
, engineer (died 1884)
* 28 August – Auguste Goffinet
Auguste Constant Jules Marie Baron Goffinet (28 August 1857, Brussels – 4 April 1927, Brussels) was a Belgian dignitary at the Imperial Court of Mexico.
Family
He was the son of Adrien Goffinet, who was made Aide-de-camp of King Leopold I a ...
, courtier (died 1927)
Deaths
* 4 January – François-Jean Wyns de Raucour
François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (or Raucourt), knight (6 November 1779 – 4 January 1857), was a Belgian liberal politician and burgomaster of Brussels.
He was a lawyer and became alderman and burgomaster of Brussels (1840–1848). François-Jean ...
(born 1779), politician
* 7 February – Félix de Mérode (born 1791), politician
* 28 February – André Dumont (born 1809), geologist
* 3 May – Jean Baptiste Smits
Jean Baptiste Smits (Antwerp, April 10, 1792 - Arlon, May 3, 1857) was a Belgian Member of Parliament and minister.
Biography
Smits was a son of Henri-Joseph Smits and Isabelle Verrept. He was married twice. He had four sons with his first wife.
...
(born 1792), politician
References
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