1630 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1630 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
Incumbents[edit]
Habsburg Netherlands[edit]
- Monarch – Philip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
- Governor General – Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain
Prince-Bishopric of Liège[edit]
- Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria
Events[edit]
- March – Peter Paul Rubens concludes a secret diplomatic mission to London.
- 20 April – Officials of the County of Flanders mandated to conserve and repair the coastal dunes, prohibiting hunting or the grazing of lifestock in them.[1]
- 15 November – Conclusion of the Treaty of Madrid, ending the Anglo-Spanish War (1625–1630)
Publications[edit]
- Antonio Abbondanti, La Giuditta e le rime sacre, morali, e varie (Liège, Jean Ouwerx), dedicated to Pierluigi Carafa[2]
- Adrien de Fléron, Promulsis Elogii Tilliani (Liège, Jean Ouwercx).
- Aubertus Miraeus, Notitia ecclesiarum Belgii (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert), dedicated to Philip IV of Spain[3]
- Erycius Puteanus, De begginarum (Leuven, Cornelis Coensteyn)[4]
- Cornelius Thielmans, Seraphische historie van het leven der heyligen des oordens S. Francisci van Assysien (Leuven, Cornelis Coensteyn)[5]
Art and architecture[edit]
- Paintings
Births[edit]
- 22 February – Jean-Baptiste Christyn, councillor (died 1690)
- 26 November – Jean Herman Voeller, secretary of state (died 1710)
- Date uncertain
- Louis Philip of Egmont, nobleman (died 1682)
- Jacques-Théodore de Bryas, clergyman (died 1694)
Deaths[edit]
- 24 January – Antoine de Balinghem (born 1571), Jesuit writer
- 3 March – William Stanley (born 1548), military commander
- 12 May – Joanna de Hertoghe (born c. 1566), Cistercian abbess
- 25 May – Géry de Ghersem (born 1573/75), musician
- 25 July (burial) – Jan Tilens (born 1589), painter
- 17 August – Lodewijk Makeblijde (born 1565), Jesuit poet
- 27 August – Hendrick de Clerck (born c. 1560), painter
- 25 September – Ambrogio Spinola (born 1569), military commander
- 9 October – Engelbert Maes (born 1545), councillor
- 5 November – Charles Malapert (born 1581), Jesuit astronomer
References[edit]
- ^ Placaeten ende Ordonnantien raeckende de bewaerenesse vande Zee-duynen (Bruges, Guilliame de Neve).
- ^ La Giuditta on Google Books.
- ^ Notitia ecclesiarum Belgii on Google Books.
- ^ De begginarum on Google Books.
- ^ Seraphische historie on Google Books.