1889 in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 1889 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Leopold II
 * Prime Minister: Auguste Marie François Beernaert

Events

 * 6-25 May – Subversion trial in Mons reveals activity of security service agents provocateurs in the Parti socialiste républicain
 * 3 July – FN Herstal arms manufactory founded
 * 8 November – Higher Institute of Philosophy founded at Catholic University of Leuven

Publications

 * Napoléon de Pauw, Obituarium Sancti Johannis: Nécrologe de l'église St. Jean (St. Bavon) à Gand, du XIIIe au XVIe siècle (Brussels, F. Hayez)
 * Alexis Marie Gouchet, La traite des nègres et le croisade africaine (Liège)

Art and architecture

 * Paintings
 * Rémy Cogghe, Cockfights in Flanders
 * James Ensor, Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889
 * Léon Herbo, Salome
 * Fernand Khnopff, Memories
 * Constantin Meunier, Firedamp

Births

 * 18 March – Floris Jespers, artist (died 1965)
 * 25 April – Paul Deman, cyclist (died 1961)
 * 26 May – Victor Linart, cyclist (died 1977)
 * 6 July – Louis Mottiat, cyclist (died 1972)
 * 30 July – Frans Masereel, artist (died 1972)
 * 8 October – Philippe Thys, cyclist (died 1971)
 * 11 November – Marcel Buysse, cyclist (died 1939)
 * 16 December – Joseph Van Daele, cyclist (died 1948)

Deaths

 * 15 April – Father Damien (born 1840), missionary
 * 2 July – Henri-Charles Lambrecht (born 1848), bishop of Ghent
 * 6 September – Guillaume d'Aspremont Lynden (born 1815), politician
 * 30 September – François-Antoine Bossuet (born 1798), painter
 * 16 October – Pierre-Joseph Witdoeck (born 1803), painter