1885 in Belgium

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

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See also:

Other events of 1885
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold II[1]
Prime Minister: Auguste Marie François Beernaert[2]

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

Karl Baedeker, Belgium and Holland: Handbook for Travellers[7]
Joseph Van den Gheyn, Essais de mythologie et de philologie comparée[8]

Art and architecture

Constantin Meunier, The Potato Diggers (1885)

Paintings

Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Jeanne Kéfer
Constantin Meunier, The Potato Diggers
Théo van Rysselberghe, Portrait of Octave Maus

Sculptures

Thomas Vinçotte, The Horse Tamer (Brussels)

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

References

"Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
"In Memoriam", American Journal of International Law, 7 (1913), pp. 371-374. On Internet Archive.
https://archive.org/details/expositionuniver00expo_1/page/n2
https://archive.org/details/gri_anversetlexp00corn/page/n4
https://archive.org/details/cihm_16936/page/n12
https://archive.org/details/bulletindumusero31884inst/page/n4
https://archive.org/details/belgiumandholla14firgoog/page/n9
https://archive.org/details/essaisdemytholo00gheygoog

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1885 in Europe
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Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta

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