Frans de Potter (b. 4 January 1834, Ghent – d. 15 August 1904) was a Belgian writer. January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1834 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Geography Country Belgium Community Flemish Community Region Flemish Region Province East Flanders Arrondissement Ghent Coordinates Area 156. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...

He was Chief Clerk of the Fondsenblad of Ghent, and from 1886 onwards secretary of the Flemish Academy. He wrote an extensive oeuvre, such as Geschiedenis der Nederlandse Letterkunde, (1854), Volksliederen, (1861, a cantata Jacob van Artevelde, (1863), Geschiedwerk over Gent en Kortrijk, Geschiedenis van Jacoba van Beieren, (1880). 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... A cantata (Italian, sung) is a vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement. ... Year 1863 (MDCCCLXIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1880 (MDCCCLXXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar). ...

Of particular importance is his Vlaamsche bibliographie of 1893, and his Geschiedenis van de gemeenten van Oost-Vlaanderen, (46 volumes). He was awarded for his Gemeentefeesten in Vlaanderen in 1870. He also wrote an historical novel Robert van Valois te Gent (1862). Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Frans de Potter was the main founder of the Roman Catholic Davidsfonds, and became its first general secretary, and in 1886 he created the Flemish Academy in Ghent as an addition to the Royal Academy in Brussels. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... The Davidsfonds is a Catholic organisation in Flanders, Belgium with the purpose of promoting the Flemisch culture in the areas of : literature, history and art. ... 1886 (MDCCCLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... LAcadèmie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique or The Royal Academy for Sciences, Letters and Arts of Belgium is one of the two royal academies on science and the arts in Belgium, being first so named in 1845. ... Nickname: The Capital Of Europe, Comic City City of a 100 Museums[] Map showing the location of Brussels in Belgium Coordinates: Country Belgium Region Brussels-Capital Region Founded 979 Founded (Region) June 18, 1989  - Mayor (Municipality) Freddy Thielemans Area    - City 162 (Region) km²  (62. ...

Bibliography

• Spelling der aardrijkskundige namen. In: Het Belfort: volume 1 (1886)
• Een hoekje der stad Gent. In: Het Belfort: volume 1 (1886)

See also

• Flemish literature

Flemish Literature is literature from Flanders. ...

Source

• Frans de Potter
• K. ter Laan, Letterkundig woordenboek voor Noord en Zuid (1941)

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