1832 in Belgium

Events

• 8 April – Engelbert Sterckx consecrated as Archbishop of Mechelen
• 11 July
• *Order of Leopold established.
• *Provisional postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Frankfurt am Main.
• 9 August – Leopold I of Belgium marries Louise of Orléans.
• 20 October – Albert Joseph Goblet d'Alviella replaces Félix de Muelenaere as Prime Minister
• 15 November to 23 December – Siege of Antwerp: Belgian army with French support invests Antwerp Citadel, held by Dutch forces.
• 23 December – Siege of Antwerp concludes: Dutch forces removed from Antwerp Citadel.

Publications

• ''Annuaire industriel et administratif de la Belgique par province: Province du Brabant''

Art and architecture

• Joseph De Cauwer, ''Prometheus Delivered by Hercules''

Births

• Date uncertain – Oswald Orth, philologist
• 2 February – Gédéon Bordiau, architect
• 8 March – William Henry James Weale, art historian
• 24 March – Edouard Osy de Zegwaart, politician
• 21 August – Charles-Joseph de Harlez de Deulin, Orientalist
• 11 November – Paul Goethals, Archbishop of Calcutta
• 10 December – Antoon Stillemans, bishop of Ghent
• 13 December – Polydore de Keyser, Lord Mayor of London

Deaths

• Date uncertain – William Cockerill, industrialist
• 16 December – Charles van Hulthem, politician and bibliophile