1856 in Belgium

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Events in the year '''1856 in [[Belgium]]'''.

==Incumbents==
:[[Monarchy of Belgium|Monarch]]: [[Leopold I of Belgium|Leopold I]]
:[[Prime Minister of Belgium|Head of government]]: [[Pierre de Decker]]

==Events==
[[File:Arcs de triomphes dressés sur la place Royale.JPG|thumb|Temporary triumphal arches to mark the jubilee of Leopold I's swearing-in as monarch]]
* 1 May – [[Belgian railway line 50|Railway line between Brussels and Ghent]] completed
* 10 June – [[1856 Belgian general election|Partial legislative elections]] return a [[Catholic Party (Belgium)|Catholic]] majority
* 21-23 July – Celebration of the jubilee of Leopold I's swearing-in as monarch

==Art and architecture==
;Paintings
[[File:Henri Adolphe Schaep - Nachtelijk werk in de dokken.jpg|thumb|[[Henri Adolphe Schaep]], ''Working in the Docks at Night'' (1856)]]
* [[Charles de Groux]], ''Pilgrimage of St Guido of Anderlecht''
* [[Basile de Loose]], ''The Happy Family''
* [[Charles Leickert]], ''Urban Landscape''
* [[Henri Adolphe Schaep]], ''Working in the Docks at Night''
* [[Adolphe Stache]], ''Elegant Company''
* [[Charles-Philogène Tschaggeny]], ''The Unwilling Traveller''
* [[Antoine Wiertz]], ''Coquette Dress (The Devil's Mirror)''

==Publications==
;Periodicals
* ''Almanach royal officiel'' (Brussels, Tarlier)<ref>[https://ift.tt/2q4MB0N On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère'', vol. 4.<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Y60ZCr On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique'', vol. 10, edited by [[Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Oz13Yo On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Annuaire statistique et historique belge'', vol. 3, edited by [[Auguste Scheler]]<ref>[https://ift.tt/2Ds2Isg On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique'', vol. 22<ref>[https://ift.tt/37egnks On Google Books] in one binding with volumes 21 and 23.</ref>
* ''La Belgique'', 2<ref>[https://ift.tt/37KeP1T On Google Books]</ref>
* ''[[La Belgique Horticole]]'', vol. 6.<ref>[https://ift.tt/357BC6p On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Bulletin de la Société de médecine de Gand'', vol. 23 (Ghent, Leonard Hebbelynck)<ref>https://ift.tt/2ReOeEr>
* ''Collection de précis historiques'', vol. 5, edited by [[Edouard Terwecoren]] S.J.<ref>[https://ift.tt/34AH80v On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Journal de l'armée belge''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2snF1iq vol. 10], [https://ift.tt/34v3joW vol. 11]</ref>
* ''Journal d'horticulture pratique de la Belgique''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2XZHfjT On Google Books]</ref>

;Official reports and monographs
* ''Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciaux''<ref>[https://ift.tt/2L8REED On Google Books]</ref>
* ''Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique'', vol. 8<ref>[https://ift.tt/37MhhEV On Google Books]</ref>

;Guidebooks and directories
* ''Bradshaw's Illustrated Hand-book for Travellers in Belgium, on the Rhine, and through Portions of Rhenish Prussia'' (London, W.J. Adams)<ref>https://ift.tt/2qY8U8O>

==Births==
* 5 January – [[Omer Bodson]], soldier (died 1891)
* 15 January – [[Paul de Favereau]], politician (died 1922)
* 28 January – [[Eva Dell'Acqua]], composer (died 1930)
* 6 February – [[Gerard Portielje]], painter (died 1929)
* 17 February – [[J.-H. Rosny aîné|Joseph Boex]], author (died 1940)
* 11 April – [[Constant Lievens]], Jesuit (died 1893)
* 9 June – [[Auguste de Bavay]], brewer (died 1944)
* 12 June – [[Octave Maus]], lawyer (died 1919)
* 18 June – [[Edward Génicot]], Jesuit (died 1900)
* 26 July – [[Edward Anseele]], politician (died 1938)
* 1 August – [[Frans Hens]], artist (died 1928)
* 26 August – [[Léon Frédéric]], painter (died 1940)
* 9 October – [[Sylvain Dupuis]], composer (died 1931)
* 27 October – [[Albrecht Rodenbach]], poet (died 1880)
* 28 December – [[Henri de Merode-Westerloo]], politician (died 1908)

==Deaths==
* 7 March – [[Alphonse de Woelmont]] (born 1799), politician
* 22 November – [[Albert Prisse]] (born 1788), diplomat
* 28 December – [[Auguste Drapiez]] (born 1778), naturalist

==References==






[[Category:1856 in Belgium| ]]
[[Category:1856 in Europe|Belgium]]
[[Category:Years of the 19th century in Belgium]]
[[Category:1850s in Belgium]]
[[Category:1856 by country|Belgium]]

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