1878 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 1878 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

← 1877 1876 1875 1878 in Belgium → 1879 1880 1881
Decades:	1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s 1890s
See also:	Other events of 1878 List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

• Monarch: Leopold II[1]
• Prime Minister: Jules Malou (to 19 June); Walthère Frère-Orban (from 19 June)

Events

Jan Verhas, The Parade of the Schools in 1878 (1880)

• May to November – Belgium participates in the Paris Universal Exhibition.[2]
• 11-18 June – Partial legislative elections of 1878 (first with voting booths to ensure a secret ballot)
• 19 June – Walthère Frère-Orban replaces Jules Malou as Prime Minister
• 22-25 August – Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebrations of King Leopold II and Queen Marie-Henriette, including a parade of 23,000 school children on 23 August.
• 13 November – Jules Guillery succeeds as Charles Rogier as Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives

Publications

Periodicals

• Almanach de Poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, H. Manceaux)[3]
• Annuaire de l'Observatoire royal de Bruxelles, 46 (Brussels, F. Hayez)[4]
• Annuaire du Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles, 2 (Brussels, Librairie Européenne C. Muquardt)[5]
• Bulletin de la Société belge de géographie, 2 (Brussels, Secrétariat de la Société Belge de Géographie)[6]
• Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, 47 (Brussels, M. Hayez).[7]
• Le Moniteur Belge.[8]
• Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère (Ghent, Bureaux de la Revue)[9]
• Revue du notariat belge, 4 (Brussels, Bureau de la Revue)[10]

Books

• Hendrik Conscience, De Schat van Felix Roobeek
• Henri Guillaume, Histoire de l'infanterie wallonne sous la maison d'Espagne, 1500–1800 (Brussels, Académie Royale)[11]

Art and architecture

Great Synagogue of Brussels (completed 1878)

Buildings

• Great Synagogue of Brussels completed

Paintings

• Félicien Rops, Pornocrates

Births

• 18 January – Henri Baels, politician (died 1951)
• 19 February – Henri Carton de Tournai, politician (died 1969)
• 5 March – Gaston Salmon, fencer (died 1917)
• 16 March – Émile Cammaerts, author (died 1953)
• 29 March – Jules Pire, resistance leader (died 1953)
• 14 April – August Borms, quisling (died 1946)
• 23 June – Gustave Strauven, architect (died 1919)
• 1 July – Joseph Maréchal, Jesuit (died 1944)
• 5 July – Jean de Bosschère, writer and painter (died 1953)
• 6 July – Charles Terlinden, historian (died 1972)
• 13 September – Oscar Joliet, bishop (died 1969)
• 20 November – Joseph-Marie Canivez, Trappist (died 1952)

Deaths

• 18 January – Frans de Cort (born 1834), writer
• 9 July – Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (born 1797), botanist and politician
• 7 August – Joseph Gustave Ernest Allard (born 1840), politician
• 16 November – Charles Vilain XIIII (born 1803), politician

References

1. "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
2. Exposition universelle de Paris, 1878. Section belge: Catalogue officiel des oeuvres d'art, des produits de l'industrie et de l'agriculture (Brussels, Widow of Ch. Vanderauwera) On Google Books
3. On Archives de Bruxelles
4. On Google Books
5. On Google Books
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=3eNJAQAAIAAJ
7. Bulletins de l'Académie, vol. 47, on Google Books.
8. January–March, April–June, July–September, October–December.
9. Revue de l'horticulture on Google Books.
10. Revue du notariat on Google Books.
11. Histoire de l'infanterie wallonne sous la maison d'Espagne, 1500–1800. Mémoires des Membres. 42. Brussels: Académie royale de Belgique. 1878.