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See also:	Other events of 1866; List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1866 in Belgium.

Incumbents

7 January – Le Peuple (predecessor organisation of Belgian Labour Party) joins First International.^[1]^: 682
28 January – "Manifeste des ouvriers", drafted by Edmond Picard, calls for universal manhood suffrage.^[1]^: 682

6 March – Belgian-Chinese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.^[2]

Fresh outbreaks in Brussels, Ghent and Antwerp of 1863–75 cholera pandemic.^[1]^: 682
12 June – Partial legislative elections of 1866

1 August – Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between Japan and Belgium, negotiated by Auguste t'Kint, signed in Edo.^[2]
27 August – Antwerp city council makes Dutch the official language of city business.^[1]^: 682

20 October – State banquet at Brussels for British Volunteers on visit to Belgium.^[3]

21 October – Risk Allah Bey brought to trial in Brussels on charges of murder and forgery.^[3]

20 December – Parliamentary enquiry into preparedness of armed forces begins.^[1]^: 682
27 December – Belgian-Japanese Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation ratified in Brussels.^[2]

Almanach royal officiel (Brussels, H. Tarlier)^[4]
Collection de précis historiques, vol. 15, edited by Edouard Terwecoren S.J.^[5]
Messager des sciences historiques.^[6]

Charles Baudelaire, Les Épaves (Brussels)
Louis Galesloot, Pierre-Albert et Jean de Launay, Hérauts d'Armes du Duché de Brabant, Histoire de leurs procès, 1643-1687 (Brussels)^[8]
Victor Hugo, Travailleurs de la Mer (Brussels)
Jules de Saint-Genois, Les Flamands d'autrefois

Auguste Stessels, Carte générale des bancs de Flandres compris entre Gravelines et l'embouchure de l'Escaut [Map of the sandbanks of the Flemish coast between Gravelines and the mouth of the Scheldt], engraved by J. Nauwens (Antwerp, F. Bizolier)^[9]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Alain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
^ ^a ^b ^c Dirk De Ruyver, "The First Treaty between Belgium and Japan", in Japan & Belgium: An Itinerary of Mutual Inspiration, edited by W.F. Vande Walle and David De Cooman (Tielt, 2016), pp. 21-111.
^ ^a ^b Joseph Irving, The Annals of Our Time (London and New York, 1871), p. 755.
^ Almanach on Google Books.
^ On Google Books
^ Messager on Google Books.
^ "Biographie nationale", Messager des sciences historiques (1866), pp. 512-514.
^ Pierre-Albert et Jean de Launay at Google Books.
^ "Carte générale des bancs de Flandres". Royal Library of Belgium.