1830 in Belgium

Events

• 25 August – Belgian Revolution begins

• 24 September – Provisional Government of Belgium formed

• October – Garde Civique formed to maintain public order
• 4 October – Provisional government proclaims Belgian independence.
• 17 October – Decree of the provisional government prohibiting importation of jenever from the Netherlands.
• 27 October – Belgian forces take Antwerp; Dutch forces bombard the city from Antwerp Citadel.

• 3 November – Elections for the National Congress of Belgium held.
• 10 November – First session of the National Congress of Belgium.
• 25 November – Étienne-Modeste Glorieux founds the fraternity in Ronse that would eventually become the Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

• 26 December – The five powers represented in the London Conference recognise Belgian independence.

Publications

• ''Vade Mecum, ou description de Bruxelles et ses environs''

Births

• 13 April – Ferdinand Pauwels, painter
• 25 April – Julius de Geyter, writer
• 1 May – Guido Gezelle, poet
• 28 May – Prosper de Haulleville, newspaperman

Deaths

• 26 February – Joseph Denis Odevaere, painter
• 4 November – Frédéric de Merode, revolutionary
• 17 November – Petrus Johannes van Regemorter, painter
• 27 November – André Parmentier, landscape architect