1880_in_Belgium Knowpia

Decades:	1860s; 1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s;
See also:	Other events of 1880; List of years in Belgium

The following lists events that happened during 1880 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

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National Exhibition in Cinquantenaire Park

January – The White slave trade affair is exposed in Brussels and attracts international attention.
7 March – Reception in the winter garden at Royal Palace of Laken to celebrate the engagement of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium to Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.
24 May – Provincial elections
5 June – Belgian government breaks off diplomatic relations with the Holy See.
8 June – Partial legislative elections of 1880
16 August – Celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Belgian independence in Cinquantenaire Park
22-28 August – International Educational Congress held in Brussels.^[2]
September – Queen Marie Henriette visits Aachen for her health.^[3]
25 December – Pope Leo XIII issues a breve to establish a new chair in Thomist philosophy at the Catholic University of Louvain.^[4]

F.G. Dumas, Catalogue illustré de l'exposition historique de l'art belge et du Musée moderne de Bruxelles (Brussels and Paris)^[6]
Exposition nationale: IVe section, industries d'art en Belgique antérieurs au XIXe siècle (Brussels, Veuve Ch. Vanderauwera)^[7]

Jan Verhas, The Parade of the Schools in 1878 (1880)

^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ On Internet Archive
^ François Nizet, Voyage de Bruxelles a Aix-la-Chapelle: Excursions de Sa Majesté la Reine des Belges (Brussels, 1881) On Internet Archive
^ "Brefs de S.S. Léon XIII relatifs à la fondation d'un Institut supérieur de Philosophie à l'Université Catholique de Louvain". Revue néo-scolastique. 1 (1): 76–84. 1894.
^ "Bulletin". 1874.
^ On Internet Archive
^ On Internet Archive