1636 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1636 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 Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Prince-Bishop â Ferdinand of Bavaria
Events
- April
- 29 April â Dutch forces retake Schenkenschans.[1]
- July
- 2 July â Army of Flanders goes onto the offensive in the Franco-Spanish War (1635â59), invading French territory.
- 17 July â People of Liège appeal to Pope Urban VIII against imperial troops called in by prince-bishop Ferdinand.[2]
- August
- 5 August â Crossing of the Somme by the Army of Flanders.
- 7 August â Corbie invested.
- 15 August â Corbie taken.
- November
- 14 November â French forces retake Corbie.
Publications
- Lazarus Marcquis, Volcomen tractaet van de peste (Antwerp, Caesar Joachim Trognaesius) â a treatise on the pestilence. Available on the Internet Archive
Works of art
- Anthony van Dyck â Charles I in Three Positions, now in the Royal Collection.
- Peter Paul Rubens
- Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye, now in the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne.
- Helena Fourment with Children, now in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
- Saturn, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
- The Rainbow Landscape, now in the Wallace Collection, London.
- A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning, now in the National Gallery, London.
Births
- January
- 12 January â Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, painter (died 1699)
- June
- 22 June â Albertus Clouwet, engraver (died 1679)
Deaths
- Date uncertain
- Philippe de Caverel (born 1555), abbot
- Matthijs Langhedul, organ builder
- Joannes Woverius (born 1576), councillor
- January
- 19 January â Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (born 1561/2), painter
- June
- 21 June â Justus de Harduwijn (born 1582), poet