1837 in Belgium

Events in the year 1837 in Belgium.

1837
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1830s
  • 1840s
  • 1850s
See also:Other events of 1837
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Events

  • 21 March – Flooding in Burcht and Stabroek.[2]:628
  • 13 June – Parliamentary elections
  • 19 June – Charles van Hulthem's book collection bought by the state; the core of the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium.[2]:628
  • 21 August – Victor Hugo travels by train for the first time while visiting Belgium.[2]:628
  • 4 October – Société Civile pour l'Agrandissement et l'Embellissement de Bruxelles established, to develop the Leopold Quarter in Brussels.
  • 12 November – Parliament approves 10 million franc government loan to build railways.[2]:628
  • 28 December – Pastoral letter of Belgian bishops deprecates Catholic membership of masonic lodges.[2]:628

Publications

Periodicals
  • Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M.-E. Rampelbergh)[3]
  • Annuaire du clergé catholique du royaume de Belgique (Brussels, Veuve J.-J. Vanderborght)[4]
  • Journal historique et littéraire, vol. 4 (Liège, P. Kersten).[5]
  • Messager des sciences et des arts de la Belgique, vol. 5 (Ghent, Léonard Hebbelynck)[6]
  • Revue de Bruxelles begins publication[7]
Reference works
  • Pasinomie, ou Collection complète des lois, décrets, arrêtés et règlements généraux qui peuvent être invoqués en Belgique[8]
  • Dictionnaire des hommes de lettres, des savans et des artistes de la Belgique (Brussels, Établissement Géographique)[9]
Non-fiction
Fiction

Births

Deaths

References

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