1830 in Belgium
# 1830 in Belgium

Events in the year 1830 in Belgium.

## Incumbents

    Monarch: William I of the Netherlands (to 4 October)

## Events

### August

* 25 August – Belgian Revolution begins

### September

* 24 September – Provisional Government of Belgium formed

### October

* October – Garde Civique formed to maintain public order
* 4 October – Provisional government proclaims Belgian independence.
* 17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands.
* 27 October – Belgian forces take Antwerp; Dutch forces bombard the city from Antwerp Citadel.

### November

* 3 November – Elections for the National Congress of Belgium held.
* 10 November – First session of the National Congress of Belgium.
* 25 November – Étienne-Modeste Glorieux founds the fraternity in Ronse that would eventually become the Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

### December

* 26 December – The five powers represented in the London Conference (Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) recognise Belgian independence.

## Publications

* Almanach du commerce du royaume des Pays-Bas: Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Grignon)
* Promenades dans Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Berthot)
* Vade Mecum, ou description de Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, C. J. De Mat)

## Births

* 13 April – Ferdinand Pauwels, painter (died 1904)
* 25 April – Julius de Geyter, writer (died 1905)
* 1 May – Guido Gezelle, poet (died 1899)
* 28 May – Prosper de Haulleville, newspaperman (died 1898)

## Deaths

* 26 February – Joseph Denis Odevaere (born 1775), painter
* 4 November – Frédéric de Merode (born 1798), revolutionary
* 17 November – Petrus Johannes van Regemorter (born 1755), painter
* 27 November – André Parmentier (born 1780), landscape architect
