page_title: 1833 in Belgium
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1833 in Belgium / Events
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Baron de Stassart, président du Sénat
context_page_description: Events in the year 1833 in Belgium.
context_section_description: 23 January – Treaty of amity and navigation with the United States signed but never ratified.
  23 February – Grand Orient of Belgium established, with Goswin de Stassart as first Grand Master
  21 May – Convention of London indefinitely extends ceasefire with the Kingdom of the Netherlands following the Belgian Revolution of 1830
  23 May – 1833 Belgian general election
  16 June – Jean Arnold Barrett consecrated as Bishop of Namur
  18 July – Law on distilleries passed, establishing a duty of 22 centimes per hectolitre per day on distillation containers used.
  8 September – First Daughters of the Cross make their vows (founder Marie Thérèse Haze).
  October – Opening of Sint-Barbaracollege, re-established Jesuit college in Ghent.
  8 October – Belgian Iron Cross established to honour bravery during the Belgian Revolution
  18 November – Treaty of Zonhoven between Belgium and the Netherlands, regulating navigation on the Meuse River
caption: Goswin de Stassart, first Grand Master of the Grand Orient of Belgium.
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