Events in the year 1873 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 II :

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Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt Barthélemy Théodore, Count de Theux de Meylandt (26 February 1794 – 21 August 1874) was a Belgian Roman Catholic politician who served as the prime minister of Belgium three times. His family de Theux de Meylandt et Montjardin originated i ...

Events

* 13 January ** Convention with

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for building water defences on the Zwin comes into effect. ** Treaty with The Netherlands for the building of a railway line from Antwerp to Mönchengladbach over Dutch territory ("

Iron Rhine Treaty The Iron Rhine Treaty (1873) was a treaty between Belgium and the Netherlands regarding the passage of the international Iron Rhine railway line from Antwerp (Belgium) to Mönchengladbach (Germany) over Dutch territory in Limburg (the Netherlands) ...

") signed in Brussels. * 18 May – Law allowing the formation of

limited liability Limited liability is a legal status in which a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a corporation, company or partnership. If a company that provides limited liability to it ...

companies. * 29 June – Mass demonstration in support of the right of Jozef Schoep, labourer, to use the Dutch language to register his child's birth. * 10 July –

Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine (; ; 30 March 1844 – 8 January 1896) was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement and the Decadent movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the ''fin de siècle'' in international and ...

shoots at

Arthur Rimbaud Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (, ; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism. Born in Charleville, he starte ...

, slightly injuring him. * 8 August –

sentenced to two years in prison for injuring

with a fire arm. * 23 July – Commercial treaty with France. * 17 August – Law allowing the use of Dutch in courts of law. * 27 December – Formal opening of

Brussels Stock Exchange The Brussels Stock Exchange (french: Bourse de Bruxelles, nl, Beurs van Brussel), abbreviated to BSE, was founded in Brussels, Belgium, by decree of Napoleon in 1801. In 2002, the BSE merged with the Amsterdam, Lisbon and Paris stock exchang ...

Publications

* Ministry of Public Works, ''Chemin de fer de l'état. Postes – Télégraphes. Compte-rendu des opérations pendant l'année 1872'' (Brussels, Fr. Gobbaerts). *

Henri Guillaume Baron Henri Louis Gustave Guillaume (1812–1877), generally going by Gustave Guillaume, was a French-born Belgian army officer and military historian who served as Minister of War from 1870 to 1873. Life Guillaume was born in Amiens, France, on 5 ...

, ''Histoire des bandes d'ordonnance des Pays-Bas'' (Brussels,

Académie Royale An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

) *

Jules Helbig Jules is the French form of the Latin "Julius" (e.g. Jules César, the French name for Julius Caesar). It is the given name of: People with the name *Jules Aarons (1921–2008), American space physicist and photographer *Jules Abadie (1876–195 ...

, ''Histoire de la peinture au pays de Liège'' * Émile de Laveleye, ''Des causes actuelles de guerre en Europe et de l'arbitrage'' * Eugène Van Bemmel, ''Patria Belgica: Encyclopédie nationale'', vol. 1 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe & Cie., 1874)Patria Belgica
vol. 1, on Google Books.

Art and architecture

;Buildings * Léon-Pierre Suys,

* Concert Noble

ballroom A ballroom or ballhall is a large room inside a building, the primary purpose of which is holding large formal parties called balls. Traditionally, most balls were held in private residences; many mansions and palaces, especially historic man ...

, Brussels

Births

* 9 February –

Maurits Sabbe Maurits Sabbe, born Maurice Charles Marie Guillaume Sabbe (Bruges, 9 February 1873 – Antwerp, 12 February 1938), was a Flemish man of letters and educator who became curator of the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp. Life He was a son of Julius ...

, man of letters (died 1938) * 28 February –

Georges Theunis Georges (George) Emile Léonard Theunis (28 February 1873 – 4 January 1966) was the prime minister of Belgium from 16 December 1921 to 13 May 1925 and again from 20 November 1934 to 25 March 1935. He was governor of the National Bank of Belgi ...

, politician (died 1966) * 17 June –

Clara Ward, Princesse de Caraman-Chimay Clara Ward (17 June 1873 – 9 December 1916) was a wealthy American socialite who married Joseph, Prince de Caraman-Chimay of Belgium. Early life Clara Ward was born in Detroit, Michigan, the daughter of Captain Eber Brock Ward (1811–1 ...

(died 1926) * 23 July –

Marie Janson Marie Janson (23 July 1873 – 8 March 1960) was a Belgian politician and the first woman to serve in the Belgian senate. She was a daughter of Paul Janson and Anna-Augustine Amoré. Born in Brussels, her father Paul Janson was leading memb ...

, politician (died 1960) * 25 July –

Henri Meunier Henri Meunier (born Henri Georges Jean Isidore Meunier; 25 July 1873 Ixelles – 8 September 1922 Brussels) was a Belgian Art Nouveau lithographer, etcher, illustrator, bookbinder and poster designer of the Belle Époque. Henri Meunier was the ...

, graphic artist (died 1922) * 26 July –

Pierre Nolf Pierre Nolf (Ypres, 26 July 1873 – Brussels, 14 September 1953) was a Belgian scientist and politician. In 1940, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, but the prize was not granted that year. In 1940 he received the ...

, scientist (died 1953) * 16 September –

Alfred Bastien Alfred Théodore Joseph Bastien (16 September 1873, in Ixelles – 7 June 1955, in Uccle) was a Belgian artist, academic, and soldier. He attended the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Ghent, where he studied with Jean Delvin. He then enrol ...

, painter (died 1955) * 14 December –

Joseph Jongen Joseph Marie Alphonse Nicolas Jongen (14 December 1873 – 12 July 1953) was a Belgian organist, composer, and music educator. Biography Jongen was born in Liège, where his parents had moved from Flanders. On the strength of an amazing precocity ...

, composer (died 1953)

Deaths

* 30 January – Emile Pierre Joseph De Cauwer (born 1828), painter * 5 May – Albert Goblet d'Alviella (born 1790), politician * 6 June –

Ignatius Josephus van Regemorter Ignatius Josephus van Regemorter was a Flanders, Flemish history painting, historical, landscape painting, landscape, and genre painting, genre painter and engraving, engraver, born at Antwerp in 1785. He studied under his father, Petrus Johannes ...

(born 1785), artist * 1 December –

Augustin de Backer Augustin de Backer (18 July 1809 in Antwerp, Belgium – 1 December 1873 in Liège, Belgium) was a Belgian Jesuit and renowned bibliographer. Early years and Formation De Backer left his country to be educated at the Jesuit schools of France ...

(born 1809) Jesuit bibliographer * 9 December –

Martinus Dom Dom Martinus Dom, O.C.R., (24 December 1791 – 9 December 1873) was a Belgian Trappist monk. He served as the first abbot of the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle, where he founded the Westmalle Brewery. Early life He was born Frans Daniël Dom i ...

(born 1791), abbot of Westmalle

References

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