1652 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1652 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands
- Monarch – Philip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
- Governor General – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
- Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria
Events
- 10 January – Proclamation in Liège banishing brigands, vagabonds and beggars from the territory[1]: 186
- 20 February – Brussels Privy Council issues a general regulation on coinage, listing the coins to be accepted as legal tender.[2]: 191–208
- 17 April – Brussels Council of Finances relaxes restrictions on the importation of English cloth, but limiting imports to Ostend.[2]: 212-214
- 14 July – Jacobus de la Torre consecrates the new Capuchin church in Brussels, designed by Fr Charles of Brussels.[3]
- 16 September – Army of Flanders recaptures Dunkirk, occupied by the French in 1646[4]
- 10 December – Decree in Liège ordering owners of mills, forges and furnaces along the river Ourthe to remove all obstacles to navigation on the river.[1]: 188
Art and architecture
- Buildings
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- Paintings
- Jacob Jordaens, The Holy Family in a Boat
- Katharina Pepijn, Portrait of Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre, Abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp
- David Teniers the Younger, Flemish Kermess
- Jan van den Hecke, Still Life of Parrot Tulips, Roses, Carnations, Morning Glory and Other Flowers in a Silver Dish on a Stone Pedestal
- Theodoor van Thulden, Harmony and Marriage
Publications
- Edward Knott, Infidelity Unmasked, or The Confutation of a Booke, Published by M. William Chillingworth, under this Title: The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation' (Ghent, Maximiliaan Graet)[6]
- Petrus Stockmans, Jus Belgarum circa bullarum pontificarum receptionem (published anonymously)[7]
- Periodicals
Births
- 20 November (bapt.) – Marie Duchatel, painter (died 1692)
Deaths
- 25 July – Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (born 1614), painter
- 13 October – Abraham Verhoeven (born 1575), publisher of the Nieuwe Tijdinghen
- 1 November (bur.) – Pieter van Avont (born 1600), painter
- Date uncertain
- Andries van Eertvelt (born 1590), painter
References
- 1 2 Commission royale pour la publication des anciennes lois et ordonnances de la Belgique, Liste chronologique des édits et ordonnances de la principauté de Liége de 1507 à 1684 (Brussels, 1860)
- 1 2 René Vermeir, ed., Recueil des ordonnances des Pays-Bas: Règne de Philippe IV (1621-1665), vol. 3 (Brussels, 2023)
- ↑ J.-J. Thonissen, "Arenberg (Le P. Charles D')", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866), 401-405.
- ↑ Alain de Gueldre, ed., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), p. 397.
- ↑ "Begijnenhuis van 1652". Flanders Heritage Agency.
- ↑ Infidelity unmasked. 1652 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Jus Belgarum on Google Bookes
- ↑ "Relations veritables". Universal Short Title Catalogue.
- ↑ "Les Relations veritables". Dictionnaire des journaux (1600-1789).