title: 1830 in Belgium
text: # 1830 in Belgium
  
  Events in the year 1830 in Belgium.
  
  ## Incumbents
  
      Monarch: William I of the Netherlands (to 4 October)
  
  ## Events
  
  ### August
  
  * 25 August – Belgian Revolution begins
  
  ### September
  
  * 24 September – Provisional Government of Belgium formed
  
  ### October
  
  * 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.
  
  ### November
  
  * 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
  
  ### December
  
  * 26 December – The five powers represented in the London Conference (Austria, Britain, France, Prussia, Russia) recognise Belgian independence.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Almanach du commerce du royaume des Pays-Bas: Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Grignon)
  * Promenades dans Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, Berthot)
  * Vade Mecum, ou description de Bruxelles et ses environs (Brussels, C. J. De Mat)
  
  ## Births
  
  * 13 April – Ferdinand Pauwels, painter (died 1904)
  * 25 April – Julius de Geyter, writer (died 1905)
  * 1 May – Guido Gezelle, poet (died 1899)
  * 28 May – Prosper de Haulleville, newspaperman (died 1898)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * 26 February – Joseph Denis Odevaere (born 1775), painter
  * 4 November – Frédéric de Merode (born 1798), revolutionary
  * 17 November – Petrus Johannes van Regemorter (born 1755), painter
  * 27 November – André Parmentier (born 1780), landscape architect
  