Events in the year 1632 in the

Spanish Netherlands Spanish Netherlands (Spanish: Países Bajos Españoles; Dutch: Spaanse Nederlanden; French: Pays-Bas espagnols; German: Spanische Niederlande.) (historically in Spanish: ''Flandes'', the name "Flanders" was used as a ''pars pro toto'') was the H ...

and

Prince-bishopric of Liège The Prince-Bishopric of Liège or Principality of Liège was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire that was situated for the most part in present-day Belgium. It was an Imperial Estate, so the bishop of Liège, as its prince, ...

(predecessor states of modern Belgium).

Incumbents

Habsburg Netherlands

:Monarch – Philip IV, King of Spain and

Duke of Brabant The Duke of Brabant (, ) was the ruler of the Duchy of Brabant since 1183/1184. The title was created by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in favor of Henry I of the House of Reginar, son of Godfrey III of Leuven (who was duke of Low ...

, of Luxembourg, etc. :Governor General – Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

:Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria

Events

;January * 25 January – Gaston of Orleans arrives in Brussels to join

Marie de Medici Marie de' Medici (french: link=no, Marie de Médicis, it, link=no, Maria de' Medici; 26 April 1575 – 3 July 1642) was Queen of France and Navarre as the second wife of King Henry IV of France of the House of Bourbon, and Regent of the Kingdom ...

in exile.Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., ''Chronique de la Belgique'' (RTL, 1987), p. 386. ;March * Anthony van Dyck leaves for London. ;April * 15 April – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, mortally wounded in the

Battle of Rain The Battle of Rain , also called Battle of the River Lech, took place on 15 April 1632 near Rain in Bavaria during the Thirty Years' War. It was fought by a Swedish-German army under Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, and a Catholic League force l ...

. ;May * Conspiracy of Nobles: the prince of Barbançon, prince of Espinoy, duke of Bournonville and

count of Egmont Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Prince of Gavere (18 November 1522 – 5 June 1568) was a general and statesman in the Spanish Netherlands just before the start of the Eighty Years' War, whose execution helped spark the national uprising that eventuall ...

plot to overthrow Spanish rule in the Southern Netherlands. * 22 May – States General of the United Provinces call upon southern provinces to rise against Spain, promising freedom of worship. ;June * 9 June – Siege of Maastricht begins. * June – Count of Bergh defects to the Dutch. * 25 June ¬– Circular from the Infanta Isabella brands Bergh a traitor. * 30 July – The Infanta summons the Estates General, to meet on 7 September.

Louis Prosper Gachard Louis Prosper Gachard (12 March 1800 – 24 December 1885), Belgian man of letters, was born in Paris. He entered the administration of the national archives in 1826, and was appointed director-general in 1831, a post which he held for fifty-fi ...

,
Actes des États Généraux de 1632
', vol. 1 (Brussels, 1853), pp. 3-5. ;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. ;September * 7 September – Estates General convene what will be their last session (dissolved in 1634). * 11 September – Estates General delegate negotiators for peace talks with Dutch. *18 September – Cardinal de la Cueva, Spanish ambassador, leaves Brussels. ;October * 3 October – Marquis of Santa Cruz leaves the Low Countries in disgrace. * 10 October – Dutch refuse to treat with delegates of the Estates General. ;December * 7 December – Delegates of the Estates General received in The Hague.

Publications

Jean-Jacques Courvoisier Jean-Jacques Courvoisier (died 1652) was a Minim Friar from the County of Burgundy and a spiritual author in the Spanish Netherlands.Carlo de Clercq, "Jean-Jacques Courvoisier", '' Bibliotheca belgica'', vol. 226 (1961), entry C885. Life Courvoisi ...

, ''Extases, de la princesse du Midy, la belle Malceda, au palais du sage roy Salomon'' (Brussels, Jean Pepermans)
Available on Google Books

Births

;Date uncertain * Reynier Covyn, painter (died 1681) *

Hendrik van Minderhout Hendrik van Minderhout (1632 – 22 July 1696) was a Dutch-born artist who was primarily active in the Flemish cities Bruges and Antwerp. He painted marine paintings, harbor scenes, cityscapes, landscapes and architectural paintings.

, painter (died 1696) * Jan Baptist de Wael, painter (died after 1669) ;January * 11 January –

Adam Frans van der Meulen Adam Frans van der Meulen or Adam-François van der MeulenAdam Frans van der Meulen
at the

Simon Du Bois, painter (died 1706)

Deaths

;Date uncertain * Ambrosius Francken II, painter * Somhairle Mac Domhnail (born around 1580), Irish soldier ;April * 30 April – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (born 1559), military commander ;June * 21 June – Anselmus de Boodt (born 1550), naturalist ;July * 16 July –

Conrad III Schetz Conrad (or Coenraad) Schetz de Grobbendonck, later Conrad d'Ursel (1553–1632) was a nobleman in the Habsburg Netherlands and in 1604–1609 the first ordinary ambassador to England for the Archdukes Albert and Isabella. Ursel family The 5th s ...

(born 1553), diplomat * 17 July –

Hendrick van Balen Hendrick van Balen or Hendrick van Balen I (c. 1573–1575 in Antwerp – 17 July 1632 in Antwerp) was a Flemish Baroque painter and stained glass designer. Hendrick van Balen specialised in small cabinet pictures often painted on a copper ...

(born 1573/75), painter * 19 July – Robert Maudhuy, bookseller ;December * 23 December – Crisóstomo Henríquez (born 1594), Cistercian historian

References

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