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The following lists events that happened during 1887 in the Kingdom of Belgium.

Incumbents

Monarch: Leopold II^[1]
Prime Minister: Auguste Marie François Beernaert^[2]

Events

Christiaan Dommershuijzen, Brussels' Grand Place in 1887

Progressive Party founded, led by Paul Janson
24 August – Soldiers fire upon Ostend trawlermen protesting the favouritism shown to British trawlermen
21 December – Achel Abbey buys the buildings of Rochefort Abbey to restore the monastery there

Publications

Periodicals

Le Soir begins publication

Books

Alphonse Dubois, Faune des vertébrés de la Belgique: Série des oiseaux (Brussels, A la librairie C. Muquardt, Th. Falk Sr), vol. 1^[3]

Art and architecture

Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Marguerite Khnopff (1887)

Brussels City Museum inaugurated

Paintings

James Ensor, Carnaval sur la plage
Fernand Khnopff, Portrait of Marguerite Khnopff

Buildings

Franz Seulen, Schaarbeek railway station
Work starts on Provinciaal Hof, Bruges

Births

6 January – Berthe Bovy, actress (died 1977)
14 January – Félix Rousseau, historian (died 1981)
28 March – Pierre Nothomb, writer (died 1966)
23 April – Georges-Marie de Jonghe d'Ardoye, papal diplomat (died 1961)
8 June – Émile Dupont, Olympic marksman (died 1959)
25 October – Léon Darrien, gymnast (died 1973)
27 October – Philippe Le Hardy de Beaulieu, fencer (died 1942)
23 November – Paul de Maleingreau, composer (died 1956)

Deaths

11 February – François Laurent (born 1810), historian
4 March – Peter Jan Beckx (born 1795), Jesuit
16 July – Laurent-Guillaume de Koninck (born 1809), palaeontologist
17 July – Nicaise De Keyser (born 1813), painter
20 November – Louis Gallait (born 1810), painter
29 December – Jules Van Praet (born 1806), diplomat

References

^ "Leopold II | king of Belgium". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ "In Memoriam", American Journal of International Law, 7 (1913), pp. 371-374. On Internet Archive.
^ "Faune des vertde la Belgique". Bruxelles, C. Muquardt. 1887.

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