page_title: 1891 in Belgium
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 1891 in Belgium / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Funérailles du prince Baudouin de Belgique, Bruxelles et Laeken, le 29 janvier 1891. — Le prince Baudouin est mort le 23 janvier 1891 d’une pneumonie. Il n’avait que 21&#160;ans et était pressentit pour succéder à son oncle le roi Léopold&#160;II. Les jours précédents sa mort, il avait régulièrement visité sa sœur malade, Henriette. Les funérailles furent célébrées le 29 janvier 1891 en la cathédrale des Saints-Michel-et-Gudule à Bruxelles. Le corps du défunt fut ensuite placé dans la crypte royale située en dessous de l’église royale de Laeken. Après sa mort, ce fut son plus jeune frère, Albert, futur roi Albert&#160;Ier, qui devint l’héritier du trône.
context_page_description: Events in the year 1891 in Belgium.
context_section_description: 4 January – Pierre de Decker (born 1812), politician
  23 January – Prince Baudouin of Belgium (born 1869)
  4 March – Camille Coquilhat (born 1853), colonial officer
  20 May – Paul Émile de Puydt (born 1810), writer
  31 July – Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (born 1814), glass painter
  17 August – Jean-Joseph Thonissen (born 1817), legal historian and politician
  2 December – Caroline Boussart (born 1808), feminist
  13 December – Jean Stas (born 1813), analytical chemist
  20 December – Victor Jacobs (born 1838), politician
  Date to be determined
  Chantal Coché (born 1826), industrialist
caption: Funeral of Prince Baudouin of Belgium, 29 January 1891
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