15 March – Annual general meeting of the Banque de Belgique, founded the previous year.[2]
30 March – Law on municipalities of Belgium passed: mayors and aldermen to be appointed by the crown from among those elected to the local council; crown cannot disband local councils.[3]:627
30 April – Law on provinces of Belgium passes: provincial governors appointed by the crown; crown cannot disband provincial councils.[3]:627
2 May – Parliament empowers government to raise 6 million francs for road-building.[3]:627
27 May – Postal convention with the Kingdom of France signed in Brussels (to enter into force 29 June).[4]
4 November – Jan Frans Willems and Jean-Baptist David found Flemish literary society Maetschappij tot Bevordering der Vlaemsche Tael en Letterkunde.[3]:627
Periodicals
Almanach de poche de Bruxelles (Brussels, M.-E. Rampelbergh)[5]
Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, vol. 3 (Brussels, M. Hayez)[6]
Van Gemert, Lia (2011). Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875: A Bilingual Anthology. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. p.559. ISBN978-9-08964-129-8.