1632 in Belgium
Events in the year 1632 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
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Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands
- Monarch – Philip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
- Governor General – Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria
Events
- January
- 25 January – Gaston of Orleans arrives in Brussels to join Marie de Medici in exile.[1]
- March
- Anthony van Dyck leaves for London.[1]
- April
- 15 April – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, mortally wounded in the Battle of Rain.[1]
- May
- Conspiracy of Nobles: the prince of Barbançon, prince of Espinoy, duke of Bournonville and count of Egmont plot to overthrow Spanish rule in the Southern Netherlands.[1]
- 22 May – States General of the United Provinces call upon southern provinces to rise against Spain, promising freedom of worship.[1]
- June
- 9 June – Siege of Maastricht begins.
- June – Count of Bergh defects to the Dutch.[1]
- 25 June ¬– Circular from the Infanta Isabella brands Bergh a traitor.[1]
- 30 July – The Infanta summons the Estates General, to meet on 7 September.[2]
- August
- 22 August – Fall of Maastricht: Brabantine lordship of the city lost to the Dutch Republic; the Prince-Bishop of Liège retains his share in the lordship.
- Dutch raiding parties reach the vicinity of Namur and Mons.[1]
- September
- 7 September – Estates General convene what will be their last session (dissolved in 1634).[2]
- 11 September – Estates General delegate negotiators for peace talks with Dutch.[1]
- 18 September – Cardinal de la Cueva, Spanish ambassador, leaves Brussels.[1]
- October
- 3 October – Marquis of Santa Cruz leaves the Low Countries in disgrace.[1]
- 10 October – Dutch refuse to treat with delegates of the Estates General.[1]
- December
- 7 December – Delegates of the Estates General received in The Hague.[1]
Publications
- Jean-Jacques Courvoisier, Extases, de la princesse du Midy, la belle Malceda, au palais du sage roy Salomon (Brussels, Jean Pepermans). Available on Google Books
Births
- Date uncertain
- Reynier Covyn, painter (died 1681)
- Hendrik van Minderhout, painter (died 1696)
- Jan Baptist de Wael, painter (died after 1669)
- January
- 11 January – Adam Frans van der Meulen, painter (died 1690)
- July
- 26 July – Simon Du Bois, painter (died 1706)
Deaths
- Date uncertain
- Ambrosius Francken II, painter
- Somhairle Mac Domhnail (born around 1580), Irish soldier
- April
- 30 April – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (born 1559), military commander
- June
- 21 June – Anselmus de Boodt (born 1550), naturalist
- July
- 16 July – Conrad III Schetz (born 1553), diplomat
- 17 July – Hendrick van Balen (born 1573/75), painter
- 19 July – Robert Maudhuy, bookseller
- December
- 23 December – Crisóstomo Henríquez (born 1594), Cistercian historian
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References
- Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 386.
- Louis Prosper Gachard, Actes des États Généraux de 1632, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1853), pp. 3-5.
See also
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