Events in the year 1849 in Belgium.
Incumbents Monarch: Leopold I Head of government: Charles Rogier
Events
24-26 March – Rio Nuñez incident off the West African coast 21 April – Belgian domestic law updated in line with becoming a signatory to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade 1 May – Jean-Baptiste Malou consecrated as bishop of Bruges 1 July – First Belgian postage stamp issued. 28 August – Grand Steeple-Chase des Flandres first held
Publications Periodicals Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique, 3. Bulletin de l'Académie Royale de Médecine de Belgique, 9. Bulletins de l'Académie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 16 (Brussels, M. Hayez).On Google Books
Books Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique.vol. 1, vol. 2
Art and architecture Buildings Saint Joseph's Church, Brussels
Paintings
Louis Gallait, Art and Liberty Jacob Jacobs, Merchant Vessels off the Turkish Coast
Births 25 March – Henri Van Dyck, painter (died 1934) 24 May – Albert Lancaster, meteorologist (died 1908) 31 May – Aymard d'Ursel, papal courtier (died 1939) 8 June – Julien Dillens, sculptor (died 1904) 10 June – Félix de Hemptinne, abbot (died 1913) 27 September – Emile Claus, painter (died 1924) 8 October – Alfred Verhaeren, painter (died 1924) 28 November – Albert Thys, businessman (died 1915) 2 December – Émile Braun, engineer (died 1927) 15 December – Émile Coppieters, politician (died 1922) 20 December – Philippe Dautzenberg, biologist (died 1935)
Deaths 15 February – Pierre François Verhulst (born 1804), mathematician 7 May – Theodoor van Rijswijck (born 1811), writer 31 May – Leonard du Bus de Gisignies (born 1770), soldier and politician 27 August – Dominic Barberi (born), religious 16 December – Maria Jacoba Ommeganck (born 1760), painter
References