1719 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1719 in the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
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Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands
- Monarch â Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
- Governor General â Prince Eugene of Savoy
- Acting Governor General â Hercule-Louis Turinetti
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Prince-Bishop â Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Events
- 15 January â Pope Clement IX issues the breve Pietatis vestrae in response to a letter from the bishops of the Austrian Netherlands protesting their adherence to the 1713 bull Unigenitus.[1]
- 5 February â The Saint-Joseph sets sail from Ostend for Canton.[2]
- 3 August â The Saint-Joseph from Ostend arrives in Canton.[2]
- 9 September â Frans Anneessens, dean of the masons' guild, condemned to death for resisting innovations in city government detrimental to the power of the guilds of Brussels.[3]
- 19 September â Frans Anneessens beheaded in Brussels.[4]
- 16 October â Bishop Hendrik Jozef van Susteren reopens Bruges seminary (closed in 1632).[1]
- 22 October â Confraternity of St Joseph re-established in Bruges.[5]
- 16 November â Oratorian College, Mechelen, celebrates a former student, Henricus van Gaemeren, graduating from Leuven University as first in his year.[6]
- 27 November â The Saint-Joseph, from Ostend, sets sail from Canton laden with tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.[2]
Art and architecture
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- Art objects
- Silver monstrance (pictured)
- Paintings
- Louis Counet, Allégorie de la Religion, Liège town hall
- Buildings
Publications
- Bernaert de Jonghe, Belgium Dominicanum sive historia Provinciæ Germaniæ Inferioris sacri ordinis FF. Prædicatorum (Brussels, Francisci Foppens)[7]
Births
- 11 June â François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège (died 1784)
- 3 December â Jean Charles Joseph de Merode, nobleman (died 1774)
Deaths
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- Date unknown â Jan Baptist Brueghel (born 1647), painter
- 6 February â Paul de Bruyn (born 1646), abbot of Park.[8]
- 9 March â Peeter van Bredael (born 1629), painter
- 19 September â Frans Anneessens (born 1660), guildmaster
- 27 October â François Baert (born 1651), Bollandist
- 3 December â Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (born 1644), painter