1893 in Belgium

Events in the year 1893 in Belgium.

Incumbents

Events

12–18 April – general strike to demand universal manhood suffrage.
15 April – Social-Christian Christene Volkspartij founded
12 August – First Paris–Brussels road cycle race

Publications

;PeriodicalsAnnuaire de la section d'art et d'enseignement de la maison du PeupleVan Nu en Straks begins publication
;Reference and reportsBiographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 12.Chemins de fer, postes, télégraphes, téléphones et marine. Compte rendu des opérations pendant l'année 1892

Frans de Potter, Vlaamsche bibliographie: Lijst der boeken, vlug- en tijdschriften, muziekwerken, kaarten, platen en tabellen, in België van 1830 tot 1890 verschenen
Arthur Van Gehuchten, L'Anatomie du système nerveux de l'homme

;Literature

Cyriel Buysse, Het recht van de sterkste
Guido Gezelle, Tijdkrans
Prosper de Haulleville, Portraits et silhouettes, vol. 2
Émile Verhaeren, ''Les campagnes hallucinées''

Art and architecture

Les XX disband
La Libre Esthétique founded

;Buildings

Victor Horta, Hôtel Tassel completed

;Paintings

Eugène Laermans, Evening strike

;Performances

17 May – Premiere of Maurice Maeterlinck's ''Pelléas et Mélisande''

Births

2 January – Félix Sellier, cyclist
12 January – Victor Lenaers, cyclist
20 February – Gabrielle Petit, patriot
23 March
*Robert de Foy, head of the State Security Service
*René Vermandel, cyclist
4 September – Robert Poulet, writer
13 October – René Goormaghtigh, engineer
23 October – Jean Absil, composer
11 November – Paul van Zeeland, politician
9 December – Prosper Dezitter, collaborationist

Deaths

23 January – Eugène-François de Block, artist
27 January – Alfred Belpaire, locomotive engineer
28 January – Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, painter
24 May – Félix Nève, Orientalist
11 July – Eugène Simonis, sculptor
7 November – Constant Lievens, Jesuit priest
20 November – Léopold Harzé, sculptor