The following lists events that happened during 1881 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Prime Minister:Walthère Frère-Orban
Events 10 May – Princess Stéphanie of Belgium marries Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, in the Augustinian Church, Vienna. 8 September – Isidore-Joseph du Rousseaux performs the canonical coronation of Our Lady of Tongre in Chièvres, mandated in a papal brief of Pope Leo XIII.
Publications Periodicals L'Art Moderne begins publication.
Books Exposition de l'art ancien au Pays de Liège: Catalogue officiel (Liège, L. Grandmont-Donders) A Handbook for Travellers in Holland and Belgium (London, John Murray).On Google Books Alfred Giron, Le droit administratif de la Belgique (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe)vol. 1, vol. 2 Charles-Joseph de Harlez de Deulin, Védisme, brahmanisme et christianisme (Brussels) François Nizet, Voyage de Bruxelles à Aix-la-Chapelle: Excursions de Sa Majesté la Reine des Belges (Brussels)
Art and architecture
Buildings Adolphe Vanderheggen, Halles Saint-Géry (Brussels)
Paintings Karel De Kesel, Bather Gustave Den Duyts, Panoramic View of Ghent ()
Births 15 January – Maurice Corneil de Thoran, musician (died 1953) 6 February – Huib Hoste, architect (died 1957) 28 February – Geo Verbanck, sculptor (died 1961) 17 March – Raoul Daufresne de la Chevalerie, sportsman and soldier (died 1967) 12 March – Henri Grégoire, scholar and translator (died 1964) 12 April – François Poels, trade unionist (died 1926) 28 July – Léon Spilliaert, artist (died 1946)
Deaths 6 June – Henri Vieuxtemps (born 1820), composer 27 July – François-Joseph Scohy (born 1831), archaeologist 7 November – Auguste Vander Meersch (born 1810), biographer 12 November – Jan Michiel Ruyten (born 1813), artist 28 December – André-Eugène Pirson (born 1817), banker and politician
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