1837 in Belgium
Events in the year 1837 in Belgium.
Incumbents
Events
- 21 March – Flooding in Burcht and Stabroek.
- 13 June – Parliamentary elections
- 19 June – Charles van Hulthem's book collection bought by the state; the core of the collection of the Royal Library of Belgium.
- 21 August – Victor Hugo travels by train for the first time while visiting Belgium.
- 4 October – Société Civile pour l'Agrandissement et l'Embellissement de Bruxelles established, to develop the Leopold Quarter in Brussels.
- 12 November – Parliament approves 10 million franc government loan to build railways.
- 28 December – Pastoral letter of Belgian bishops deprecates Catholic membership of masonic lodges.
Publications
;PeriodicalsAlmanach de poche de Bruxelles- Annuaire du clergé catholique du royaume de Belgique Journal historique et littéraire, vol. 4.Messager des sciences et des arts de la Belgique, vol. 5 Revue de Bruxelles begins publication
;Non-fiction
- Joseph Jean De Smet, Recueil des chroniques de Flandre, vol. 1.
- Johann Wilhelm Löbell, Lettres sur la Belgique
- Félix Victor Goethals, Lectures relatives à l'histoire des sciences, des arts, des lettres, des moeurs, et de la politique en Belgique, et dans les pays limitrophes, vol. 1.
- Jules de Saint-Genois, ''La cour du duc Jean IV, chronique brabançonne, 1418-1421''
Births
- 26 February – Charles Woeste, politician
- 24 March – Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
- 14 June – Frans Jozef Peter van den Branden, writer
- 5 December – Camille Janssen, colonial governor
- 27 December – Émile de Borchgrave, diplomat
Deaths
- 27 February – Françoise-Jeanne Ridderbosch, artist
- 17 April – Édouard de Walckiers, banker
- 8 May – James Cockerill, industrialist
- 17 August – Charles Felix Van Quickenborne, founder of Saint Louis University.