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.William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 76. 17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands.Eric Van Schoonenberghe, Alcohol tijdens de negentiende eeuw: Biotechnologie in volle evolutie (Snoeck, 2012), pp. 24-25. 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 Promenades dans Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Berthot)Promenades on Google Books Vade Mecum, ou description de Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, C. J. De Mat)Vade Mecum on Google Books
Periodicals Almanach du commerce du royaume des Pays-Bas: Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Grignon)Almanach du commerce on Google Books Newspaper Le Catholique des Pays-Bas changes name to Journal des Flandres on 3 October 1830.
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
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