1874 in Belgium

Andreas Philopater: year

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Events in the year '''1874 in [[Belgium]]'''.

==Incumbents==
:[[Monarch]]: [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]]
:[[Prime Minister of Belgium|Head of government]]: [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] (to 21 August); [[Jules Malou]] (from 21 August)

==Events==
* 20 January – Royal decree providing for subsidies to the dramatic arts.
* 19 March – Extradition treaty with the [[United States of America]].
* 1 June – Service starts on [[Belgian railway line 124|Brussels–Charleroi railway line]]. [[Nivelles railway station]] inaugurated.
* 9 June – [[Belgian general election, 1874|Partial legislative elections of 1874]]
* 21 August – Prime Minister [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] dies in office; succeeded by [[Jules Malou]]
* 2 September – Convention with [[The Netherlands]] for improvements to the [[Ghent–Terneuzen Canal]] signed in Brussels.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* 10 September – Postal convention with [[Peru]] signed in Brussels.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
* 24 December – [[Extradition treaty]] with the [[German Empire]], replacing earlier treaties with individual German states.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>

==Publications==
* ''Pasinomie: collection complète des lois, décrets, ordonnances, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique. 1874.'' (Brussels).<ref>https://ift.tt/355rBqg>

==Art and architecture==
[[File:Jean-François Portaels - Juive de Tanger.jpg|thumb|[[Jean-François Portaels]], ''Juive de Tanger'' (1874)]]
;Paintings
* [[Jean-François Portaels]], ''Juive de Tanger''

==Births==
* 13 January – [[Jozef-Ernest van Roey]], archbishop (died 1961)
* 19 April – [[Firmin Baes]], painter (died 1943)

==Deaths==
* 17 February – [[Adolphe Quetelet]] (born 1796), mathematician
* 23 May – [[Sylvain Van de Weyer]] (born 1802), politician
* 4 July – [[Hippolyte Boulenger]] (born 1837), painter
* 21 August – [[Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt]] (born 1794)
* 6 December –  [[Gustaf Wappers]] (born 1803), painter

==References==






[[Category:1874 in Belgium| ]]
[[Category:1874 in Europe|Belgium]]
[[Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium]]
[[Category:1870s in Belgium]]
[[Category:1874 by country|Belgium]]

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