1867 in Belgium
# 1867 in Belgium

Events in the year 1867 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

    Monarch: Leopold II
    Head of government: Charles Rogier

## Events

### February

* 2 February – Mines across the Charleroi coalfield closed by $strikes.^{:684}$
* 23 February – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, mutually granting most favoured nation status.

### April

* 25 April – Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, marries Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

### May

* 11 May – Treaty of London establishes independence of Luxembourg; Prussian forces evacuated from $Grand-Duchy.^{:684}$
* 17 May – New criminal code $published.^{:684}$
* 19 May – Paper ballots introduced in $elections.^{:684}$

### July

* Delhaize Brothers begin $trading.^{:684}$
* 11-18 July – 2,400 Belgian Volunteers visit London, received by the Lord Mayor, entertained by the Wimbledon Volunteers, and a ball held in their honour at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, attended by Prince Albert.

### August

* 2 August – Peter Benoit becomes head of the Antwerp $conservatory.^{:684}$

### September

* 2-7 September – Third Catholic Congress in Mechelen.

### December

* 8 December – Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps named Archbishop of Mechelen in succession to the recently deceased Engelbert Sterckx (enthroned 28 January 1868).

## Publications

### Periodicals

* Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, E. Guyot)
* Collection de précis historiques, 16, edited by Edouard Terwecoren

### Books

* Charles De Coster, La Légende d'Uylenspiegel (Brussels)

## Births

* 19 January – Jean Delville, painter (died 1953)
* 28 February – William Degouve de Nuncques, painter (died 1935)
* 2 April – Louise Danse, painter (died 1948)
* 6 April – Maurice De Wulf, philosopher (died 1947)
* 15 May – Jef Leempoels, painter (died 1935)
* 27 May – Anna De Weert, painter (died 1950)
* 4 August – Valerius de Saedeleer, painter (died 1941)
* 7 August – Léo d'Ursel, diplomat (died 1934)
* 10 August – Bruno Destrée, monk-poet (died 1919)
* 21 June – Meyrianne Héglon, opera singer (died 1942)
* 8 November
   * Léopold Charlier, violinist (died 1936)
   * Léon Houa, cyclist (died 1918)
* 27 December – Léon Delacroix, prime minister (died 1929)

## Deaths

* 10 January – Alfred Mosselman (born 1810), industrialist
* 2 March – Frans-Andries Durlet (born 1816), architect
* 4 June – Jan Teichmann (born 1788), engineer
* 10 September – Jules de Saint-Genois (born 1813), politician
* 12 November – Charles Frédéric Dubois (born 1804), naturalist
* 4 December – Engelbert Sterckx (born 1792), archbishop
