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Arthur von Eppinghoven

Laeken, 25 Sep 1852 – Etterbeek, 9 Nov 1940

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Facts and their sources

  • Born25 Sep 1852, Laekennot verified1 source
  • Died9 Nov 1940, Etterbeeknot verified1 source
  • FatherLeopold I of Belgiumnot verified1 source
  • MotherArcadie Claretnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 25 Sep 1852

    Born in Laeken

  2. 9 Nov 1940

    Dies in Etterbeek, aged 88

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Laeken.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1850s · Arthur is born in Laeken

In the news1851

First Belgian banknotes introduced

The National Bank of Belgium issued its first banknotes in 1851, changing how people handled money.

What people wore

Black became the standard rural color

During the second half of the 19th century, black became the dominant color for everyday clothing in the Flemish countryside, replacing the colorful styles of previous eras. Typical daily attire for rural men included trousers, vests, smocks, and hats, while women wore skirts, aprons, blouses, and shawls.

Getting around

A Long Journey to the Coast

To travel from Brussels to Ostend, one had to take a stagecoach to Ghent in the middle of the night, ride a canal boat to Bruges, and transfer to another canal boat to reach Ostend by evening.

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.In Europe · 1859–1871

Italy is unified. Garibaldi, Cavour and Victor Emmanuel joined the Italian states into one kingdom, with Rome its capital from 1871.

Baldassare Verazzi (1819-1886) · public domain

In the news1845–1850

Flemish potato blight and subsistence crisis

In 1845, potato blight caused devastating harvest losses of up to 95% in Flanders, triggering a severe subsistence crisis that lasted until 1850.

Music

Fashionable dance: The Troïka

Around 1850, a dance figure known as the Troïka—a type of Schottische—became very fashionable, involving dancers performing polka steps in large circles.

Daily life

Crowded worker housing near Brussels

In some workers' homes near Brussels, a family of nine lived and slept in a small room barely larger than the space occupied by their two looms. They kept their food and live rabbits in a tiny adjacent space, where the family also slept on a mattress suspended above a loom.