1857 in Belgium
Incumbents
:Head of government: Pierre de Decker (to 9 November); Charles Rogier (from 9 November)
Events
- Jean Neuhaus opens an apothecary shop in Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert
- 28 May – Liberal protests near the Palace of the Nation against a proposed "convents" law that would give the Catholic Church more power to manage charitable foundations.
- 27 October – Municipal elections, giving a liberal victory.
- 30 October – Pierre de Decker's ministry resigns.
- 10 December – Snap legislative elections, giving a liberal victory.
Publications
;Periodicals
- Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M. E. Rampelbergh){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wMs_AAAAcAAJ|title = Nouvel almanach de poche, de Bruxelles, pour ... ; contenant les indications les plus utiles aux étrangers et aux habitans|year = 1857}}
- Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie (Brussels, H. Tarlier){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ac_AAAAcAAJ|title = Almanach du commerce et de l'industrie|year = 1857}}
- Annales de pomologie belge et étrangère, vol. 5.On Wikisource (French)[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyZCAAAAcAAJ On Google Books]
- Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, vol. 11, edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein[https://books.google.com/books?id=V24EAAAAQAAJ On Google Books]
- Annuaire statistique et historique belge, vol. 4, edited by Auguste Scheler[https://books.google.com/books?id=Z54_AAAAQAAJ On Google Books]
- Annuaire de l'Académie royale de Belgique, vol. 23[https://books.google.com/books?id=_eCXpGmDWhIC On Google Books in one binding with volumes 21 and 22]
- La Belgique, 4[https://books.google.com/books?id=6ns3AAAAMAAJ On Google Books]
- La Belgique Horticole, vol. 7.[https://books.google.com/books?id=bvEXAAAAYAAJ On Google Books]
- Bulletin de l'Académie royale de médecine de Belgique, ser. 2, vol. 1.[https://books.google.com/books?id=l3Q1AQAAMAAJ On Google Books]
- Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences et belles-lettres de Bruxelles, vol. 3 (Brussels, Hayez).{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iYQUAAAAQAAJ|title = Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique|year = 1857}}
- Collection de précis historiques, vol. 6, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.[https://books.google.com/books?id=4RhkWncFvScC On Google Books]
- Journal de l'armée belge, vols. 13-14[https://books.google.com/books?id=BulaAAAAQAAJ On Google Books]
- Journal d'horticulture pratique de la Belgique[https://books.google.com/books?id=JUACAAAAYAAJ On Google Books]
- De toekomst: tijdschrift voor opvoeding en onderwijs begins publication[https://books.google.com/books?id=W-o9AAAAcAAJ Volume 1] on Google Books
;Official reports and monographs
- Recueil consulaire contenant les rapports commerciaux[https://books.google.com/books?id=OY1BAAAAYAAJ On Google Books]
- Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 9[https://books.google.com/books?id=-MJXAAAAcAAJ On Google Books]
- Joseph Jean De Smet, Vie de Saint-Liévin, patron de Gand et apôtre du pays d'Alost (Ghent){{Cite book|author=Joseph Jean De Smet |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wb88AAAAcAAJ |title=Vie de Saint-Liévin, patron de Gand et apôtre du pays d'Alost |location=Ghent |publisher=Vanryckegem-Lepère |year=1857}}
- Jean-Joseph Thonissen, La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I, vol. 3 (Liège, J.-G. Lardinois){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Yo6AAAAcAAJ |author=Jean-Joseph Thonissen |title=La Belgique sous le règne de Léopold I |volume=3 |location=Liège |publisher=J.-G. Lardinois |year=1857}}
;Guidebooks and directories
- David Bogue, Belgium and the Rhine (London, Lee and Carter).[https://books.google.com/books?id=6IVDAAAAYAAJ On Google Books]
;Literature
- Frans de Cort, Liederen, eerste reeks (Antwerp)[https://books.google.com/books?id=NidbAAAAQAAJ On Google Books]
Births
- 12 January – Léon de Witte de Haelen, general (died 1933)
- 21 February – Jules de Trooz, politician (died 1907)
- 18 March – César Thomson, violinist (died 1931)
- 8 April – Marie Louise De Meester, religious foundress (died 1928)
- 27 April – Louis-Napoléon Chaltin, colonial officer (died 1933)
- 11 August – Cyriaque Gillain, general (died 1931)
- 25 August – Louis-Gustave Amelot, engineer (died 1884)
- 28 August – Auguste Goffinet, courtier (died 1927)
Deaths
- 4 January – François-Jean Wyns de Raucour (born 1779), politician
- 7 February – Félix de Mérode (born 1791), politician
- 28 February – André Dumont (born 1809), geologist
- 3 May – Jean Baptiste Smits (born 1792), politician
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