1898 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1898 in Belgium.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Leopold II[1]
- Prime Minister: Paul de Smet de Naeyer[2]
Events
- 18 April - Coremans-De Vriendt law gives Dutch and French equal legal status in Belgian public life.[3]
- 22 May - Belgian general election, 1898[4]
- 5 June – Provincial elections
- 23 June – Opening of the Château royal d'Ardenne as a luxury hotel run by the Compagnie Internationale des Grands Hotels.
- 13–17 July – Eleventh International Eucharistic Congress held in Brussels.[5]
- 27 July – Anglo-Belgian Treaty of Commerce and Navigation comes to an end, due to notification of the United Kingdom's withdrawal a year earlier.
Publications
- Léon Bloy, Mendiant ingrat (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
- J. Nyssens-Hart, The Outer Port and the Inner Port of Bruges (Brussels, A> Lesigne)[6]
- Max Rooses (ed.), Het schildersboek: Nederlandsche schilders der negentiende eeuw, vol. 1,[7] vol. 2.[8]
- Emile Vandervelde, Le Socialisme en Belgique
- Émile Verhaeren, Les aubes (Brussels, Edmond Deman)
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Eugène Laermans, The Drunkard
- Buildings
Births
- 8 February - André Fierens, footballer (d. 1972)[9]
- 5 March – Lucien Leboutte, air chief (d. 1988)
- 17 March - Raymond Decorte, cyclist (d. 1972)[10]
Deaths
- 12 January – Jean Jules Linden (born 1817), botanist
- 14 January – Polydore de Keyser (born 1832), Lord Mayor of London
- 25 January – François Roffiaen (born 1820), painter
- 22 March – Pieter De Rudder (born 1822), labourer
- 25 April – Prosper de Haulleville (born 1830), newspaperman
- 1 May – Alphonse Wauters (born 1817), archivist
- 3 June – Emma De Vigne (born 1850), painter
- 9 June – Joseph Jaquet (born 1822), sculptor
- 13 July – Émile Banning (born 1836), government adviser
- 23 August – Félicien Rops (born 1833), illustrator
- 11 September – Adolphe Samuel (born 1824), composer
- 30 September – Léon Mignon (born 1847), sculptor
- 25 December – Georges Rodenbach (born 1855), author
References
- ^ "Leopold II - king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Gouvernement de Smet de Naeyer I". www.histoire-des-belges.be (in French).
- ^ Koll, Johannes; Geeraedts, Loek; Berteloot, Armand; Missine, Lut. Nationale Bewegungen in Belgien (in German). Waxmann Verlag. p. 112. ISBN 9783830964650.
- ^ Mackie, Thomas T.; Rose, Richard (2016). The International Almanac of Electoral History. Springer. p. 17. ISBN 9781349098514.
- ^ C. J. Kirkfleet, "International Eucharistic Congresses", Catholic Historical Review, 12:1 (1926), pp. 59–65.
- ^ Online at Flandrica.be
- ^ "Max Rooses, Het schildersboek. Nederlandsche schilders der negentiende eeuw. Deel 1 · DBNL".
- ^ "Max Rooses, Het schildersboek. Nederlandsche schilders der negentiende eeuw. Deel 2 · DBNL".
- ^ "André FIERENS - Olympic Football". International Olympic Committee. 15 June 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
- ^ "Raymond Decorte". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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