Events in the year 1863 in Belgium.

1863
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1863
List of years in Belgium
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Incumbents

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Monarch: Leopold I
Head of government: Charles Rogier

Events

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  • 9 April – Treaty of amity, commerce and navigation with the Kingdom of Italy signed in Turin.[1]
  • 12 May – Commercial treaty with the Netherlands, including Dutch agreement to perpetual abolition of tolls on the Scheldt river in return for a payment of 17 million guilders[2][3]
  • 20 May – Commercial treaty with the United States, bringing relations into line with the free trade agreements already signed with France (1861), the United Kingdom (1862) and the Netherlands (1863).[4]
  • 9 June – Partial legislative elections of 1863
  • 16 July – Multilateral treaty for the redemption of the Scheldt tolls signed in Brussels[5]
  • 27 July – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, bringing relations into line with the free trade agreements already signed with France (1861), the United Kingdom (1862) and the Netherlands (1863).[6]
  • 1 August – Clipper Marnix van Sinte-Aldegonde the first ship to sail toll-free from Antwerp to the mouth of the Scheldt.[7]
  • 11 August – State visit of Queen Victoria to Belgium.[8]
  • 18-22 August – First Catholic Congress in Mechelen.
  • 19 September – Convention modifying the 1852 postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.[9]
  • 26 December – Solvay chemical company founded.[10]

Publications

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Periodicals
  • Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal de Bruxelles, vol. 31[11]
  • La Belgique horticole, edited by Édouard Morren[12]
  • Bulletin du Bibliophile Belge, vol. 19, edited by A. Scheler (Brussels, F. Heussner)[13]
  • Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, second series, vol. 15[14]
  • Collection de précis historiques, vol. 12, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.[15]
  • Dubbele wegwyzer der stad Gent en der provincie Oost-Vlaenderen, vol. 1 (Ghent, Vanderhaeghen)[16]
  • Revue belge et étrangère, 15[17]
  • Revue Trimestrielle, vol. 38[18]
  • Le Timbre-Poste begins publication
Studies and reports
Historical editions
  • Louis Galesloot, Procès de François Anneessens: doyen du corps des métiers de Bruxelles, vol. 2 (Brussels and The Hague)[20]
  • Jehan le Bel, Les vrayes chroniques, edited by Lambert Polain, vol. 1[21]

Art and architecture

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Performances

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Traité d'amitié, de commerce et de navigation entre la Belgique et l'Italie, signé à Turin le 9 avril 1863". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 9 April 1863.
  2. ^ Olivier Keun (11 March 2013). "Afkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar". G/Geschiedenis (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  3. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 73-75. On Google Books
  4. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 93. On Google Books
  5. ^ Treaty between Austria, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Hanover, Italy, Oldenburg, Peru, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway, Turkey and the Hanse Towns (Bremen, Hamburg and Lubeck), and Belgium, for the Redemption of the Scheldt Tolls, signed at Brussels, 16 July 1863. Oxford Historical Treaties online Archived 9 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), p. 99. On Google Books
  7. ^ Olivier Keun (11 March 2013). "Afkoop Scheldetol 150 jaar". G/Geschiedenis (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  8. ^ William Henry Overall, The dictionary of chronology, or historical and statistical register (London, 1870), p. 77.
  9. ^ "Convention, signée à Bruxelles, le 19 septembre 1863, additionnelle à la convention postale entre la Belgique et l'office du prince de la Tour et Taxis du 28 février 1852". refLex. Council of State (Belgium). 19 September 1863.
  10. ^ Nicolas Coupain, "The Pioneering Years (1863-1914)", in Kenneth Bertrams et al., Solvay: History of a Multinational Family Firm (Cambridge University Press, 2013), p. 22.
  11. ^ Annuaire de l'Observatoire Royal on Google Books.
  12. ^ La Belgique horticole on Google Books.
  13. ^ Bulletin du Bibliophile on Google Books.
  14. ^ Bulletins de l'Académie royale on Google Books.
  15. ^ Collection de précis historiques on Google Books.
  16. ^ Dubbele wegwyzer.
  17. ^ "Revue belge et étrangère". 1863.
  18. ^ April issue on Google Books.
  19. ^ Essai sur l'économie rurale on Google Books.
  20. ^ Procès de François Anneessens on Google Books.
  21. ^ Les vrayes chroniques on Google Books.