1637 in Belgium

Events in the year 1637 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).

1637
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1630s
  • 1650s
See also:Other events of 1637
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Habsburg Netherlands

MonarchPhilip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
Governor GeneralCardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Prince-BishopFerdinand of Bavaria

Events

April
July
August
  • 7 August – Merchants of London formally protest seizure of English tobacco shipments to Holland.[1]
  • 25 August – Venlo retaken.[2]
September
  • 3 September – Roermond retaken.[2]
October
  • 7 October – Breda lost.[1][2]

Publications

Works of art

Births

January
June
September

Deaths

Date uncertain
March
April
June
July
September
November
gollark: This would only require 80 minutes.
gollark: Just watch at 1.25x speed.
gollark: I know that. I'm saying that it's wrong.
gollark: "so we'll make everyone immortal, but also have random people with no oversight kill arbitrary people for ??? reasons" - VERY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE.
gollark: That was fictional! It was also really stupid!

References

  1. Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 389.
  2. Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 254. Partial preview on Google Books.
  3. Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 253. Partial preview on Google Books.

See also

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