1881 in Belgium
The following lists events that happened during 1881 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
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Incumbents
Events
- 10 May – Princess Stéphanie of Belgium marries Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, in the Augustinian Church, Vienna.
- 8 September – Isidore-Joseph du Rousseaux performs the canonical coronation of Our Lady of Tongre in Chièvres, mandated in a papal brief of Pope Leo XIII.
Publications
- Periodicals
- L'Art Moderne begins publication.[2]
- Books
- Exposition de l'art ancien au Pays de Liège: Catalogue officiel (Liège, L. Grandmont-Donders)[3]
- A Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (London, John Murray).[4]
- Alfred Giron, Le droit administratif de la Belgique (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe)[5]
- François Nizet, Voyage de Bruxelles à Aix-la-Chapelle: Excursions de Sa Majesté la Reine des Belges (Brussels)[6]
Art and architecture
Halles Saint-Géry in Brussels
- Buildings
- Adolphe Vanderheggen, Halles Saint-Géry (Brussels)
Births
- 15 January – Maurice Corneil de Thoran, musician (died 1953)
- 28 February – Geo Verbanck, sculptor (died 1961)
- 17 March – Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie, sportsman and soldier (died 1967)
- 12 April – François Poels, trade unionist (died 1926)
- 28 July – Léon Spilliaert, artist (died 1946)
Deaths
- 6 June – Henri Vieuxtemps (born 1820), composer
- 27 July – François-Joseph Scohy (born 1831), archaeologist
- 7 November – Auguste Vander Meersch (born 1810), biographer
- 12 November – Jan Michiel Ruyten (born 1813), artist
- 28 December – André-Eugène Pirson (born 1817), banker and politician
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References
- "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- René Fayt. "Résumé". Périodiques numérisés dans le cadre de l'Action de Recherche Concertée. Université libre de Bruxelles.
- https://archive.org/details/expositiondelar00ligoog/page/n9
- On Google Books
- vol. 1, vol. 2
- https://archive.org/details/voyagedebruxelle00nize/page/n6
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