1867 in Belgium

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2 February – Mines across the Charleroi coalfield closed by strikes.^[1]^: 684
23 February – Commercial treaty with the Austrian Empire, mutually granting most favoured nation status.^[2]

11 May – Treaty of London establishes independence of Luxembourg; Prussian forces evacuated from Grand-Duchy.^[1]^: 684
17 May – New criminal code published.^[1]^: 684
19 May – Paper ballots introduced in elections.^[1]^: 684

Delhaize Brothers begin trading.^[1]^: 684
11-18 July – 2,400 Belgian Volunteers visit London, received by the Lord Mayor, entertained by the Wimbledon Volunteers, and a ball held in their honour at the Agricultural Hall, Islington, attended by Prince Albert.^[3]

8 December – Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps named Archbishop of Mechelen in succession to the recently deceased Engelbert Sterckx (enthroned 28 January 1868).^[4]

19 January – Jean Delville, painter (died 1953)
28 February – William Degouve de Nuncques, painter (died 1935)
2 April – Louise Danse, painter (died 1948)
6 April – Maurice De Wulf, philosopher (died 1947)
15 May – Jef Leempoels, painter (died 1935)
27 May – Anna De Weert, painter (died 1950)
4 August – Valerius de Saedeleer, painter (died 1941)
7 August – Léo d'Ursel, diplomat (died 1934)
10 August – Bruno Destrée, monk-poet (died 1919)
21 June – Meyrianne Héglon, opera singer (died 1942)
8 November
- Léopold Charlier, violinist (died 1936)
- Léon Houa, cyclist (died 1918)
27 December – Léon Delacroix, prime minister (died 1929)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
^ C. Pety de Thozée, Système commercial de la Belgique, vol. 2 (Brussels, Bruylant-Christophe, 1875), pp. 99-100. On Google Books
^ Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), pp. 781,783.
^ "Installation de Monseigneur Deschamps". Le Monde illustré. Vol. 22. p. 90.
^ Almanach royal officiel at Google Books
^ Collection de précis historiques at Google Books

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