1885 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 1885 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

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Decades:
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
  • 1890s
  • 1900s
See also:Other events of 1885
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Events
Poster advertising the 1885 World Exhibition in Antwerp
  • 26 February – Conclusion of the Berlin Conference granting sovereignty over the Congo Basin to Leopold II.
  • 6 April – Inaugural meeting of the Belgian Labour Party held in Brussels.
  • 30 April – Leopold II receives parliamentary authorisation to assume sovereignty over the Congo Basin
  • 2 May – World Exhibition in Antwerp opens (to 2 November)[3][4][5]
  • 1 August – Congo Free State established

Publications
Periodicals
  • Bulletin du Musée royal d'histoire naturelle de Belgique, vol. 3.[6]
Books

Art and architecture
Constantin Meunier, The Potato Diggers (1885)
Paintings
Sculptures

Births
  • 29 June – Camille Clifford, actress (died 1971)
  • 17 November – Henri De Man, politician (died 1953)

Deaths
Charles Rogier (1800–1885)
  • 27 May – Charles Rogier (born 1800), politician
  • 20 August – Édouard Agneessens (born 1842), painter
  • 9 October – Joseph Geefs (born 1808), sculptor
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References
  1. "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  2. "In Memoriam", American Journal of International Law, 7 (1913), pp. 371-374. On Internet Archive.
  3. https://archive.org/details/expositionuniver00expo_1/page/n2
  4. https://archive.org/details/gri_anversetlexp00corn/page/n4
  5. https://archive.org/details/cihm_16936/page/n12
  6. https://archive.org/details/bulletindumusero31884inst/page/n4
  7. https://archive.org/details/belgiumandholla14firgoog/page/n9
  8. https://archive.org/details/essaisdemytholo00gheygoog
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