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Auguste Beernaert
1829Jul, 26

Auguste Beernaert

Auguste Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)
Auguste Marie François Beernaert (26 July 1829 – 6 October 1912) was the Prime Minister of Belgium from October 1884 to March 1894, and the 1909 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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  • 19Jan

    Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
  • 7Apr

    Book of Mormon

    Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commences translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe.
  • 25Apr

    Swan River Colony

    Charles Fremantle arrives in HMS Challenger off the coast of modern-day Western Australia prior to declaring the Swan River Colony for the United Kingdom.
  • 10Jun

    River Thames

    The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
  • 14Sep

    Treaty of Adrianople (1829)

    The Ottoman Empire signs the Treaty of Adrianople with Russia, thus ending the Russo-Turkish War.