The following lists events that happened during

1879 Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * Janu ...

in the

Kingdom of 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 the ...

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 *

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 ...

Walthère Frère-Orban Hubert Joseph Walthère Frère-Orban (24 April 1812 – 2 January 1896) was a Belgian liberal statesman. Early life He was born at Liège, received his education at home and in Paris, and began the practice of law in his native town. He identif ...

Events

Frameries - Disaster in the Agrappe Mine 17 April 1879

* 2 March – Castle in

Tervuren Tervuren () is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in Flanders, Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren, Vossem and Moorsel. On January 1, 2006, Tervuren had a total population of 20,636. The total a ...

burns down. * 17 April –

Firedamp Firedamp is any flammable gas found in coal mines, typically coalbed methane. It is particularly found in areas where the coal is bituminous. The gas accumulates in pockets in the coal and adjacent strata and when they are penetrated the releas ...

explosion at Agrappe Mine in

Frameries Frameries (; pcd, Framrie; wa, Framriye) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: Eugies, Frameri ...

. * 1 July – Law secularising primary education passes, triggering

First School War The First School War (french: Première guerre scolaire, nl, Eerste schoolstrijd) was a political crisis in Belgium over the issue of religion in education. The School War marks the high water mark of the conflict between the conservative Cathol ...

Publications

;Periodicals * ''Almanach de Poche de Bruxelles'' (Brussels, H. Manceaux) * ''Bulletin de la Société belge de géographie'', 3 (Brussels, Secrétariat de la Société Belge de Géographie) ;Books *

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 ...

, ''Het wassen beeld'' *

Léon Vanderkindere Léon Vanderkindere (22 February 1842 – 9 November 1906) was a Belgian historian, academic and politician. Family Vanderkindere was born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek into a wealthy middle-class family. His father, Albert Vanderkindere, was a politi ...

, ''Le siècle des Artevelde: études sur la civilisation morale & politique de la Flandre & du Brabant'' (Brussels, A.-N. Lebègue).On Google Books
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Art and architecture

Leuven railway station Leuven railway station ( nl, Station Leuven, french: Gare de Louvain), officially Leuven, is the main railway station in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB) and is loca ...

rebuilt

Births

* 5 February – Jules De Bisschop, Olympic rower (died 1954) * 15 February – Camille Van Hoorden, footballer (died 1919) * 28 April –

Edgard Tytgat Edgard Tytgat (Brussels, 28 April 1879 – Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, 11 January 1957) was a Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages ...

, painter (died 1957) * 29 April –

Marie Haps Marie Haps (1879–1939) was a Luxembourg-born Belgian educationalist, the founder of what subsequently became the Institut Libre Marie Haps (now part of the Haute École Léonard de Vinci) and the Marie Haps Faculty of Translation and Interpr ...

, philanthropist (died 1939) * 22 May –

Aston Chichester Aston Ignatius Sebastian Joseph Chichester, SJ (22 May 1879 – 24 October 1962) was the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Salisbury (now Harare, Zimbabwe). Background Born in Ostend, Belgium of recusant English descent, he was educated at ...

, bishop (died 1962) * 27 May –

Arthur Balbaert Arthur Balbaert (27 May 1879 – 14 October 1938) was a Belgian sports shooter who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Game ...

, sports shooter (died 1938) * 24 August – Achille Delattre, politician (died 1964) * 26 September –

Alexandre Galopin Alexandre Galopin (26 September 1879 – 28 February 1944) was a Belgian businessman notable for his role in German-occupied Belgium during World War II. Galopin was director of the Société Générale de Belgique, a major Belgian company, and ...

, businessman (died 1944) * 9 October –

Edgar Sengier Edgar Edouard Bernard Sengier (9 October 1879 – 26 July 1963) was a Belgian mining engineer and director of the Union Minière du Haut Katanga mining company that operated in Belgian Congo during World War II. Sengier is credited with ...

, mining engineer (died 1963) * 21 October –

Maurice Beeli Maurice Philippe Gaspard Beeli (21 October 1879, St-Gilles-lez-Bruxelles – 17 March 1957) was a Belgian mycologist. For more than thirty years, being encouraged by Émile De Wildeman and Walter Robyns, successive directors of the National Bot ...

, botanist (died 1957) * 25 October –

Jean Rogister Jean François Toussaint Rogister (25 October 1879 in Liège – 20 March 1964 in Liège) was a Belgian virtuoso violist, teacher and composer. Life and career Jean Rogister came from a family of musicians; his father was a flautist and his brot ...

, musician (died 1964) * 18 December

Joseph Lebon Joseph Lebon (Tamines, 1879–1957) was a Belgian priest and professor of theology at the University of Louvain.Patrimoine Littéraire Européen: Anthologie en Langue Française: Volume 13 - Page 451 Jean-Claude Polet - 2000 "Lebon (Joseph) 1879-195 ...

, theologian (died 1957)

Deaths

* 7 May –

Charles De Coster Charles-Theodore-Henri De Coster (20 August 1827 – 7 May 1879) was a Belgian novelist whose efforts laid the basis for a native Belgian literature. Early life and education He was born in Munich; his father, Augustin De Coster, was a nati ...

(born 1827), novelist * 19 May –

Jules Anspach Baron Jules Victor Anspach (20 July 1829 – 19 May 1879) was a Belgian politician and mayor of the City of Brussels, best known for his renovations surrounding the covering of the river Senne (1867–1871). He is buried in Brussels Cemetery. A ...

(born 1829), politician * 16 July – Konrad Martin (born 1812), German bishop * 11 August – Jan Swerts (born 1820), painter * 18 August – Joseph Octave Delepierre (born 1802), antiquary * 24 August – Théodore de Montpellier (born 1807), bishop of Liège * 30 September –

Félicien Chapuis Félicien Chapuis (29 April 1824 – 30 September 1879) was a Belgian doctor and entomologist. He specialised in Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings ...

(born 1824), entomologist * 3 November –

Joseph Poelaert Joseph Poelaert (21 March 1817 – 3 November 1879) was a Belgian architect. He was entrusted with important projects in Brussels, such as Saint Catherine's Church, the Church of Our Lady of Laeken, the Congress Column, the Royal Theatre of la ...

(born 1817), architect * 9 December – Jacob Jacobs (born 1812), painter

References

{{Year in Europe, 1879 1870s in Belgium

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 ...

Years of the 19th century in Belgium