1878 in Belgium
{{short description|Events that occurred in 1878 in Belgium}}
{{Year in Belgium|1878}}
The following lists events that happened during 1878 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
File:Jan Verhas (1834-1896) Optocht van de scholen in 1878 - Old Masters Museum Brussel 30-4-2017 11-18-20.JPG, The Parade of the Schools in 1878 (1880)]]
- May to November – Belgium participates in the Paris Universal Exhibition.Exposition universelle de Paris, 1878. Section belge: Catalogue officiel des oeuvres d'art, des produits de l'industrie et de l'agriculture (Brussels, Widow of Ch. Vanderauwera) [https://books.google.com/books?id=qKlwGyA6Gw0C On Google Books]
- 27 May – Provincial elections
- 11-18 June – Partial legislative elections of 1878 (first with voting booths to ensure a secret ballot)
- 19 June – Walthère Frère-Orban replaces Jules Malou as Prime Minister
- 22-25 August – Twenty-fifth wedding anniversary celebrations of King Leopold II and Queen Marie-Henriette, including a parade of 23,000 school children on 23 August.
- 13 November – Jules Guillery succeeds as Charles Rogier as Speaker of the Chamber of Representatives
Publications
;Periodicals
- Almanach de Poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, H. Manceaux)[https://archives.bruxelles.be/almanach/watch/AP/ALMANACH%20DE%20POCHE_1878_363/1878_363 On Archives de Bruxelles]
- Annuaire de l'Observatoire royal de Bruxelles, 46 (Brussels, F. Hayez)[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZYlKAAAAYAAJ On Google Books]
- Annuaire du Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles, 2 (Brussels, Librairie Européenne C. Muquardt)[https://books.google.com/books?id=SRYvAQAAIAAJ On Google Books]
- Bulletin de la Société belge de géographie, 2 (Brussels, Secrétariat de la Société Belge de Géographie){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3eNJAQAAIAAJ|title = Bulletin|year = 1878}}
- Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, 47 (Brussels, M. Hayez).[https://books.google.com/books?id=NPQzAAAAMAAJ Bulletins de l'Académie], vol. 47, on Google Books.
- Le Moniteur Belge.[https://books.google.com/books?id=5MStg0kJWOcC January–March], [https://books.google.com/books?id=jOx76zJf8YcC April–June], [https://books.google.com/books?id=HuW1euc8br4C July–September], [https://books.google.com/books?id=nk2haIs_Q1IC October–December].
- Revue de l'horticulture belge et étrangère (Ghent, Bureaux de la Revue)[https://books.google.com/books?id=19DNAAAAMAAJ Revue de l'horticulture] on Google Books.
- Revue du notariat belge, 4 (Brussels, Bureau de la Revue)[https://books.google.com/books?id=96QvAQAAMAAJ Revue du notariat] on Google Books.
;Books
- Hendrik Conscience, De Schat van Felix Roobeek
- Henri Guillaume, Histoire de l'infanterie wallonne sous la maison d'Espagne, 1500–1800 (Brussels, Académie Royale){{cite book |title=Histoire de l'infanterie wallonne sous la maison d'Espagne, 1500–1800 |publisher=Académie royale de Belgique |series=Mémoires des Membres |volume=42 |year=1878 |location=Brussels |url=http://www.academieroyale.be/fr/publications-academie-toutes-publications-detail/oeuvres-2/histoire-de-linfanterie-wallonne-sous-la-maison-despagne-1500-1800/}}
Art and architecture
File:Brusel, velká synagoga.jpg (completed 1878)]]
;Buildings
- Great Synagogue of Brussels completed
;Paintings
Births
- 18 January – Henri Baels, politician (died 1951)
- 19 February – Henri Carton de Tournai, politician (died 1969)
- 5 March – Gaston Salmon, fencer (died 1917)
- 10 March – Karel van de Woestijne, author (died 1929)
- 16 March – Émile Cammaerts, author (died 1953)
- 29 March – Jules Pire, resistance leader (died 1953)
- 14 April – August Borms, quisling (died 1946)
- 23 June – Gustave Strauven, architect (died 1919)
- 1 July – Joseph Maréchal, Jesuit (died 1944)
- 5 July – Jean de Bosschère, writer and painter (died 1953)
- 6 July – Charles Terlinden, historian (died 1972)
- 15 July – Hendrik De Vocht, scholar (died 1962)
- 13 September – Oscar Joliet, bishop (died 1969)
- 20 November – Joseph-Marie Canivez, Trappist (died 1952)
Deaths
- 18 January – Frans de Cort (born 1834), writer
- 9 July – Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (born 1797), botanist and politician
- 7 August – Joseph Gustave Ernest Allard (born 1840), politician
- 16 November – Charles Vilain XIIII (born 1803), politician
References
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