1864 in Belgium

Andreas Philopater: year

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Events in the year '''1864 in [[Belgium]]'''.

==Incumbents==
:[[Monarchy of Belgium|Monarch]]: [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]]
:[[Prime Minister of Belgium|Head of government]]: [[Charles Rogier]]

==Events==
;February
* 4 February – [[Belgian Red Cross]] founded

;April
* [[Charles Baudelaire]] moves to Brussels.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>

;May
* 21 May – [[Father Damien]] ordained in Honolulu
* 29 May – [[Carlota of Mexico|Princess Charlotte]] lands in Mexico to become Empress as consort of [[Maximilian I of Mexico]]

;July
* 11 July – Federation of Catholic Circles and Conservative Associations formed (later to become the more formalised [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic Party]])

;August
* 11 August – [[1864 Belgian general election]], won by [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]
* 29 August – Catholic Congress opens in Mechelen (to 3 September)<ref>''Assemblée générale des catholiques en Belgique'' (Brussels, Victor Devaux, 1865) [https://ift.tt/2MFoeAD On Google Books]</ref>

;September
* Exhibition of religious art in Mechelen.<ref>[[William Henry James Weale]] (ed.), ''Catalogue des objets d'art religieux du Moyen-Age''(Brussels, Charles Lelong) [https://ift.tt/2L6o0is On Google Books].</ref>

;October
* 16 October – [[Belgian Legion#Mexico Expedition|Belgian Legion]] embark for Mexico to take part in the [[Second French intervention in Mexico]]

==Sports==
* [[K.A.A. Gent|Royal Athletics Association Ghent]] founded

==Publications==
;Periodicals
*''Annales du bibliophile belge'' begins publication
*''Antwerpsch Archievenblad'' begins publication
*''Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique'', Volume 17 (Brussels, M. Hayez)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2MzNmss On Google Books]</ref>

;Pamphlets
* ''Réflexions sur les conséquences probables de l'expédition mexicaine'' (Brussels)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2LgG35V On Google Books]</ref>

;Literary works
* Auguste Louwage, ''Les trois soeurs Flamandes. Gand, Bruges, Anvers: trilogie nationale'' (Ghent, F. & E. Gyselynck)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2MFofEH On Google Books]</ref>

;Scholarly editions
* [[Pierre Joseph Le Boucq]], ''Histoire des troubles advenues à Valenciennes à cause des hérésies, 1562-1579'', edited by [[A.-P.-L. de Robaulx de Soumoy]] (Brussels, Ghent and Leipzig)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2L6dPua On Google Books]</ref>

==Births==
* 11 January – [[Henri Daco]], painter (died 1932)
* 26 March – [[Louis Reckelbus]], painter (died 1958)
* 21 May – [[Princess Stéphanie of Belgium]] (died 1945)
* 22 May – [[Josue Dupon]], sculptor (died 1935)
* 10 October – [[Blanche Arral]], soprano (died 1945)
* 22 October – [[Eugène Laermans]], painter (died 1940)
* 2 November – [[Oscar Roels]], composer (died 1939)
* 28 November – [[Léon van Hout]], musician (died 1945)

==Deaths==
* 19 February – [[Ferdinand Lecouvet]] (born 1827), bibliographer.<ref>Ferdinand Loise, "Lecouvet (Ferdinand-François-Joseph)", in ''[[Biographie Nationale de Belgique]]'', [https://ift.tt/2MxEROo Volume 11] (Brussels, 1891), 596-599</ref><ref>F.V.H., ''Notice biographique sur Monsieur F.-F.-J. Lecouvet'' (Ghent, L. Hebbelynck, 1864) [https://ift.tt/2L0Yzit On Google Books].</ref>
* 5 April – [[Louis Roelandt]] (born 1786), architect
* 27 May – [[Léandre Desmaisières]] (born 1794), politician
* 1 September – [[Jean Kickx]] (born 1803), botanist
* 2 October – [[Louis-Joseph Delebeque]] (born 1798), bishop of Ghent

==References==





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