1632 in Belgium

Events in the year 1632 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).

1632
in
Belgium

Decades:
  • 1630s
  • 1650s
See also:Other events of 1632
List of years in Belgium

Incumbents

Habsburg Netherlands

MonarchPhilip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
Governor GeneralIsabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Prince-BishopFerdinand of Bavaria

Events

January
March
April
May
June
August
  • 22 August – 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 – Estates General convene what will be their last session (dissolved in 1634).[2]
  • 11 September – Estates General delegate negotiators for peace talks with Dutch.[1]
  • 18 September – Cardinal de la Cueva, Spanish ambassador, leaves Brussels.[1]
October
  • 3 October – Marquis of Santa Cruz leaves the Low Countries in disgrace.[1]
  • 10 October – Dutch refuse to treat with delegates of the Estates General.[1]
December
  • 7 December – Delegates of the Estates General received in The Hague.[1]

Publications

Births

Date uncertain
January
July

Deaths

Date uncertain
April
June
July
December

References

  1. Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 386.
  2. Louis Prosper Gachard, Actes des États Généraux de 1632, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1853), pp. 3-5.
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