1654 in Belgium
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Events in the year 1654 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
- 26 February – Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, placed under arrest in Brussels.[1]
- 13 March – Magistrates of Antwerp issue regulations to limit the spread of plague[2]
- 17 March – Treaty of Tienen agreed between representatives of Philip IV and Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, formally recognising the neutrality of the Prince-Bishopric of Liège[1]
- 25 August – French forces defeat the Army of Flanders in the Battle of Arras[1]
- 13 September – Ambrosius Capello consecrated as bishop of Antwerp
- 28 September – Artist Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger executed in Ghent under the sodomy laws for having sexually abused two children[1]
- 3 November – Prince-bishop of Liège posthumously rehabilitates Pierre de Bex, executed in 1651[3][4]
- 13 December – Jean de Wachtendonck consecrated as bishop of Namur
- Date uncertain
- Martino Martini demonstrates a magic lantern in Leuven[1]
Art and architecture
- Lucas van Uden, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt
- Michaelina Wautier, Portrait of Martino Martini
Publications
- Martino Martini, De Bello Tartarico (Antwerp, Plantin Press).[5]
Births
- 23 November – Jan van Kessel the Younger, painter (died 1708)
- Date uncertain
- Ferdinand de Berlo de Brus, clergyman (died 1725)
Deaths
- 2 January – Anthoine Brun (born 1599), diplomat
- 23 January – Thomas Willeboirts Bosschaert (born 1613), painter
- 6 May – Louis-François Verreycken (born 1588), public official
- 28 September – Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger (born 1602), sculptor
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Alain de Gueldre (ed.), Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), p. 398.
- ↑ "USTC 6170634".
- ↑ Ulysse Capitaine, "Bex (Pierre de)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 2 (1868), 395-398.
- ↑ Félix Magnette, "L'acte de réhabilitation du bourgmestre Pierre de Bex (1654)", Chronique archéologique du pays de Liège, vol. 25 (1934), pp. 58-60.
- ↑ De Bello Tartarico on Google Books