1852 in Belgium
Events in the year 1852 in Belgium.
Events
- 12 February – State visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Belgium.
- 15 April – Postal convention between Belgium and the Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis signed in Brussels.
- 24 May – Provincial elections
- 8 June – Partial legislative elections of 1852.
- 22 August – Franco-Belgian conventions on intellectual property and tariffs.
- 31 October – Henri de Brouckère replaces Charles Rogier as Prime Minister.
- 7 November – Théodore de Montpellier consecrated as bishop of Liège in succession to Cornelius van Bommel.
Publications
;Periodicals- Almanach royal officiel La Belgique Horticole, vol. 2.
;OtherCollection des discours prononcés aux distributions de prix des athénées royaux
- Henri Alexis Brialmont, Considérations politiques et militaires sur la Belgique, vol. 3
- Jules de Saint-Genois, ''Feuillets détachés''
Art and architecture
;Paintings- Louis Gallait, ''Gypsy Woman with Two Children''
Births
- 24 January – Alexander Struys, painter
- 7 March – Constant de Deken, missionary
- 25 March – Gérard Cooreman, politician
- 27 March – Jan van Beers, artist
- 10 April – Arthur Vierendeel, engineer
- 21 April – Edward Maene, sculptor
- 9 June – Frans Van Kuyck, artist
- 12 July – Henry Moeller, review editor
- 31 August – Joris Helleputte, architect and politician
- 20 September – Édouard Empain, engineer-entrepreneur
- 2 December – Lucien Bia, soldier
Deaths
- 28 January – Augustin Dumon-Dumortier, industrialist and politician
- 7 April – Cornelius van Bommel, bishop of Liège
- 6 May – Charles-Louis-Joseph Hanssens, theatre director
- 17 October – Henri Decaisne, painter