1849 in Belgium

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
 * 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).


 * Books
 * Félix Victor Goethals, Dictionnaire généalogique et héraldique des familles nobles du Royaume de Belgique.

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)
 * 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