The following lists events that happened during 1883 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold II Prime Minister: Walthère Frère-Orban
Events
20 March – Belgium a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. 5 to 10 June – Third International Eucharistic Congress held in Liège, with over 10,000 in attendance.C. J. Kirkfleet, "International Eucharistic Congresses", Catholic Historical Review, 12:1 (1926), pp. 59–65. 15 October – Inauguration of Palais de Justice, Brussels. 28 October – Founding meeting of the art association Les XX. 6 December – Steamer Plantyn abandoned in the North Atlantic after being damaged in a storm.
Publications Frans Jozef Peter van den Branden, Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilder-school.Geschiedenis der Antwerpsche Schilder-school on Google Books. Émile Verhaeren, Les Flamandes
Art and architecture
Paintings Fernand Khnopff, Listening to Schumann; Portrait de Mademoiselle Van der Hecht
Buildings Joseph Poelaert, Palais de Justice, Brussels
Births 18 February – Jacques Ochs, artist and fencer (died 1971) 21 March – Jules Van Nuffel, priest and musicologist (died 1953) 1 April – Albert-Édouard Janssen, banker (died 1966) 3 April – Frits Van den Berghe, painter (died 1939) 22 April – Joseph Jacquemotte, anarcho-syndicalist (died 1936) 13 May – Caroline Lacroix, royal mistress (died 1948) 24 June – Arthur Devère, film actor (died 1961) 29 June – Fernand Bosmans, fencer (died 1960) 3 July – Pierre Charles (Jesuit) (died 1954) 25 July – Félix de Roy, astronomer (died 1942) 27 July – Fernand Verhaegen, artist (died 1975) 2 September – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (died 1963) 4 September – Karel Candael, composer (died 1948) 8 September – Théodore Pilette, racing driver (died 1921) 12 December – Leon van der Essen, historian (died 1963) 16 December – Cyrille van Hauwaert, cyclist (died 1974) 23 December – Hubert Pierlot, politician (died 1963) 30 December – Marie Gevers, novelist (died 1975)
Deaths 5 February – Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (born 1808), banker 1 May – Octave Pirmez (born 1832), author 16 May – Ferdinand de Braekeleer the Elder (born 1792), painter 15 September – Joseph Plateau (born 1801), mathematician 29 November – Elisabeth Dieudonné Vincent (born 1798), Haitian-born businesswoman 3 December – André Jolly (born 1799), politician
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