1888 in Belgium
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The following lists events that happened during 1888 in the Kingdom of Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- Belgian State Railways Type 12 taken into service.
- 27 May – Provincial elections
- 12 June – Partial legislative elections of 1888
- August – Preaching of Charles Lavigerie in Brussels Minster inspires the founding of the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society
- 26-27 August – Polydore de Keyser, Lord Mayor of London, visits Dendermonde
Publications
- Periodicals
- Het Laatste Nieuws begins publication
- Studies
- Theodore Low De Vinne, Christopher Plantin, and the Plantin-Moretus Museum at Antwerp (Grolier Club, New York)[3]
- Literature
- J.-H. Rosny, Les Xipéhuz
- Émile Verhaeren, Les Soirs and Les Débâcles
Art and architecture
- Paintings
- Robert Alott, Am Strand von Ostende
- Théo van Rysselberghe, Portrait of Alice Sethe
- Opera
- Patrie! performed at Ghent (25 January) and Antwerp (6 March)
Births
- 2 February – Valerius Coucke, biblical scholar (died 1951)
- 19 February – Hector Tiberghien, cyclist (died 1951)
- 29 February – Fanny Heldy, opera singer (died 1973)
- 4 March – Charles Leirens, photographer and musician (died 1963)
- 19 March – Léon Scieur, coureur cycliste (died 1969)
- 23 May – Dieudonné Saive, small arms designer (died 1970)
- 14 July – Odile Defraye, cyclist (died 1965)
- 11 August – Paul Loicq, hockey administrator (died 1953)
- 16 October – Émile Masson, cyclist (died 1973)
- 2 December – Omer Verschoore, cyclist (died 1932)
Deaths
- 8 January – Josephus Laurentius Dyckmans (born 1811), painter
- 6 February – Gaston Errembault de Dudzeele (born 1819), diplomat
- 17 July – Henricus Franciscus Bracq (born 1804), bishop of Ghent
- 20 July – Henri de Braekeleer (born 1840), painter
- 15 August – Alexandre Jamar (born 1821), businessman
- 8 October – Jules d'Anethan (born 1803), politician
References
- ^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "In Memoriam", American Journal of International Law, 7 (1913), pp. 371-374. On Internet Archive.
- ^ "Christopher Plantin, and the Plantin-Moretus museum at Antwerp". 1888.
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