1632 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1632 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands
- Monarch â Philip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
- Governor General â Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Prince-Bishop â Ferdinand of Bavaria
Events
- January
- 25 January â 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 â 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 â States General of the United Provinces call upon southern provinces to rise against Spain, promising freedom of worship.[1]
- June
- 9 June â Siege of Maastricht begins.
- June â Count of Bergh defects to the Dutch.[1]
- 25 June ‰ Circular from the Infanta Isabella brands Bergh a traitor.[1]
- 30 July â The Infanta summons the Estates General, to meet on 7 September.[2]
- August
- 22 August â 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 â Estates General convene what will be their last session (dissolved in 1634).[2]
- 11 September â Estates General delegate negotiators for peace talks with Dutch.[1]
- 18 September â Cardinal de la Cueva, Spanish ambassador, leaves Brussels.[1]
- October
- 3 October â Marquis of Santa Cruz leaves the Low Countries in disgrace.[1]
- 10 October â Dutch refuse to treat with delegates of the Estates General.[1]
- December
- 7 December â 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).[3]
- Ãngel Manrique, La venerable madre, Ana de Jesus, discipula y compañera, de la s.m. Teresa de Jesus (Brussels, Lucas van Meerbeeck)[4]
- Jean Puget de la Serre, Histoire curieuse de tout ce qui s'est passé à l'entrée de la Reyne Mère du Roy tres chrestien dans les villes des Pays Bas (Antwerp, Plantin Press).[5]
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 â Adam Frans van der Meulen, painter (died 1690)
- July
- 26 July â Simon Du Bois, painter (died 1706)
Deaths
- Date uncertain
- Ambrosius Francken II, painter
- Somhairle Mac Domhnail (born around 1580), Irish soldier
- April
- 30 April â Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (born 1559), military commander
- June
- 21 June â Anselmus de Boodt (born 1550), naturalist
- July
- 16 July â Conrad III Schetz (born 1553), diplomat
- 17 July â Hendrick van Balen (born 1573/75), painter
- 19 July â Robert Maudhuy, bookseller
- December
- 23 December â Crisóstomo HenrÃquez (born 1594), Cistercian historian