1657 in Belgium
Events in the year 1657 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 – John of Austria the Younger
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria
Events
- Trinity College, Leuven founded
- March
- Treaty of Paris: Anglo-French alliance targeting Dunkirk
- June
- 26 June – Andreas Creusen installed as Archbishop of Mechelen
Births
- Date uncertain
- Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger, painter (died after 1723)
- January
- 17 January (baptism) – Pieter van Bloemen, painter (died 1720)
Deaths
- Date uncertain
- Gilles De Haes (born 1597), military commander
- March
- 15 March – Pierre Fisch, abbot of Echternach
- April
- 2 April – Ferdinand III (born 1608), Holy Roman Emperor
- May
- 28 May – Anthonius Triest (born 1576), bishop of Ghent
- October
- 1 October – Albert Rubens (born 1614), scholar and administrator
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