Events in the year 1850 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier
Events
Sint-Lodewijkscollege established in Lokeren 14 February – Treaty of commerce and navigation with the Russian Empire signed in Berlin. 5 May – National Bank of Belgium founded 27 May - Provincial elections 11 June – Partial legislative elections 25 July – Scourmont Priory established 4 August – Mediation by the King of the Belgians leads to the restoration of diplomatic relations between Spain and the United Kingdom.Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 308. 25 September – King Leopold lays the first stone of the Congress Column in Brussels 31 October – Treaty of commerce and navigation with Bolivia signed in Brussels
Publications Periodicals Almanach de poche de BruxellesOn Archives de Bruxelles Almanach royal officielOn Archives de Bruxelles Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, edited by Isidore de Stein d'Altenstein (Brussels, Muquardt)Annuaire on Google Books. Recueil des lois et arrêtés royaux de la Belgique, vol. 21 (Brussels, E. Devroye).Recueil des lois on Google Books. Revue de Bruxelles ceases publication
Books Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique, vol. 3.Dictionnaire généalogique on Google Books. Adolphe Joanne, Voyage en Orient (Ixelles lez Bruxelles, Delevingne & Callewaert)Voyage en Orient on Google Books. Edouard Mary, Epîtres en vers sur la Belgique. Jean-Joseph Thonissen, Le Socialisme et ses promesses (2 volumes) Pierre-Joseph van Beneden, Recherches sur la faune littorale de Belgique: Les vers cestoïdes ou acotyles (Brussels, Hayez)Recherches sur la faune littorale on Google Books. Edward Weller, Nouveau dictionnaire anglais-français et français-anglais (Brussels)
Art and architecture
Paintings Auguste Chauvin, Self-portrait Jan August Hendrik Leys, Divine Service in Holland
Births 5 January – Theodoor Verstraete, artist (died 1907) 30 January – Emma De Vigne, painter (died 1898) 20 February – Eugène Joors, painter (died 1910) 20 March – Marietta Hannon Rousseau, mycologist (died 1926) 14 April – Fredegand Cogels, politician (died 1932) 9 May – Fernande de Mertens, painter (died 1924) 8 October – Léon Herbo, painter (died 1907) 4 November – Jules Bilmeyer, architect (died 1920) 17 November – Hippolyte d'Ursel, politician and historian (died 1937) 29 December – Frans Van Leemputten, painter (died 1914)
Deaths 29 April – Charles de Brouckère (born 1757), politician 5 September – Paul-François Huart-Chapel (born 1770), industrialist and politician 11 October – Queen Louise (born 1812)
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