Events in the year 1842 in Belgium.
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Incumbents
Events
- Royal Academy of Archaeology of Belgium founded.
- 23 May – Provincial elections
- 16 July – "Linen convention" exempts Belgian textiles from French protectionist measures in return for a reduction in the Belgian tariff on French wines.[2]
- 23 September – Education Act stipulates that each local authority must maintain at least one primary school.[3]
- 5 November – Belgian-Dutch convention on trade and inland navigation signed in The Hague.[4][5]
Publications
- Periodicals
- Almanach royal de Belgique (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)[6]
- Annuaire politique, écclésiastique, judiciaire, noliaire, militaire, administratif et commercial de la Belgique (Brussels, Librairie Polytechnique)[7]
- Messager des sciences historiques (Ghent)[8]
- La renaissance: Chronique des arts et de la littérature, 3.[9]
- Revue de Bruxelles[10]
- Monographs and reports
- Statistique de la Belgique: 1831–40 (Brussels)[11]
Births
- 7 May – Isala Van Diest, physician (died 1916)
- 24 August – Edouard Agneessens, painter (died 1885)
- 6 December – Marie Collart, painter (died 1911)
Deaths
- 10 March – Joseph Van Crombrugghe (born 1770), politician
- 6 September – Jean-Baptiste Van Mons (born 1765), pomologist
References
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