1866 in Belgium

1866
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
  • 1860s
  • 1870s
  • 1880s
See also:Other events of 1866
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1866 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold II
Head of government: Charles Rogier

Events

January
March
  • 6 March – Belgian-Chinese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.[2]
May
  • 28 May – Provincial elections
  • 31 May – Strikes and lock-outs decriminalised.[1]:682
June
August
  • 1 August – Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Belgium, negotiated by Auguste t'Kint, signed in Edo.[2]
  • 27 August – Antwerp city council makes Dutch the official language of city business.[1]:682
October
  • 20 October – State banquet at Brussels for British Volunteers on visit to Belgium.[3]
  • 21 October – Risk Allah Bey brought to trial in Brussels on charges of murder and forgery.[3]
December
  • 20 December – Parliamentary enquiry into preparedness of armed forces begins.[1]:682
  • 27 December – Belgian-Japanese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.[2]

Publications

Periodicals
Reference works
Books
Maps
  • Auguste Stessels, Carte générale des bancs de Flandres compris entre Gravelines et l'embouchure de l'Escaut [Map of the sandbanks of the Flemish coast between Gravelines and the mouth of the Scheldt], engraved by J. Nauwens (Antwerp, F. Bizolier)[8]

Art and architecture

Church of St John the Baptist (interior)
Buildings

Births

Deaths

Date uncertain
March


References

  1. Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
  2. Dirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.
  3. Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 755.
  4. Almanach on Google Books.
  5. On Google Books
  6. Messager on Google Books.
  7. "Biographie nationale", Messager des sciences historiques (1866), pp. 512-514.
  8. "Carte générale des bancs de Flandres". Royal Library of Belgium.
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