1635 in Belgium

none 1635 Events in the year 1635 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 – Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria Events January 28 January – Joyous entry into Ghent of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as new governor general, Gaspar de Crayer playing a key role in the monumental decorations. February Panel of experts at University of Louvain decrees that tobacco has no nutritional value.Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 388. 8 February – French-Dutch treaty to partition the Spanish Netherlands, preliminary to the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59). March 26 March – Ferdinand seizes Trier and has Archbishop-Elector Philipp Christoph von Sötern imprisoned. April 11 April – Formal representations from Balthazar Gerbier, English resident in Brussels, about Dunkirkers interfering with English shipping. 17 April – Joyous entry into Antwerp of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as new governor general, Gaspar Gevartius co-ordinating the reception and Peter Paul Rubens playing a key role in the monumental decorations.P. Génard, "Intrede van den Prins-Kardinaal Ferdinand van Spanje te Antwerpen, op 17 april 1635", Antwerpsch Archievenblad, 13 (1876), pp. 296–309. May 2 May – Great Council of Mechelen condemns Guillaume de Melun, Prince of Espinoy, in absentia as a traitor for his role in the Conspiracy of Nobles (1632).Copie des Arrests rendus au grand Conseil de sa Majesté le 2. de May 1635, contre le Prince d'Espinoy, & Charles de Pienne (Mechelen, Henry Jaye, 1635), available on Google Books. 20 May – Battle of Les Avins: French forces defeat a detachment of the Army of Flanders commanded by Thomas of Savoy, sent to prevent them linking up with the Dutch. June 2 June – French-Dutch manifesto calls on inhabitants of the Spanish Netherlands to rise against their government. 8 June – Sack of Tienen by combined French-Dutch forces. 21 June – French-Dutch army crosses the Dijle near Overijse.Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 247. Partial preview on Google Books. 24 June – Siege of Leuven commences. July 4 July – Siege of Leuven raised. 22 July – Gaspard Nemius consecrated bishop of Antwerp in Antwerp Cathedral.Léopold Devillers, "Nemius (Gaspard)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 15, (Brussels, 1899), 583-584. 28 July – Army of Flanders takes Schenkenschans.Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 248. Partial preview on Google Books. Publications Augustine of Hippo, De boecken der belydenissen (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert)Augustine, Belydenissen on Google Books Diego de Aedo y Gallart, El memorable y glorioso viaje del infante Cardenal D. Fernándo de Avstria (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert)Aedo y Gallart, El memorable y glorioso viaje on Google Books French translation as Le voyage du prince Don Fernande frère du Roy Philippe IV (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert)Le voyage du prince Don Fernande on Google Books Robert Bellarmine, An ample Declaration of the Christian Doctrine, translated by R. H. (Mechelen, Henry Jaye). Cornelius Jansen, Mars Gallicus ([Leuven, Jacobus Zegers]). On Google Books Pierre Marchant, Constitutions des religieuses réformées pénitentes du Tierce Ordre de S. François, de la Congrégation de Limbourg (Ghent, Jan Vanden Kerchove). Famiano Strada, De Bello Belgico (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert)Strada, De Bello Belgico on Google Books Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Orationum sacrarum volumen: in festa deiparae virginis & aliquorum divorum (Leuven, Franciscus Simonis)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1003946 Orationum sacrarum USTC Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Triumphus Lovaniensium ob solutam urbis suae obsidionem per recessum duorum exercituum christianissimi Franciae regis, & foederatorum Belgii ordinum (Leuven, Philippus van Dormael and Jacob Zegers)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1003133 Triumphus Lovaniensium USTC Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Apologia pro augustissima, serenissima, et potentissima gente Austriaca (Leuven, Franciscus Simonis and Jacob Zegers)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1003132 Apologia pro augustissima USTC Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Dissertatio oratoria de causa belli Germanici (Leuven, Philippus van Dormael)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1004001 Dissertatio oratoria de causa belli Germanici USTC Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Institutionum politicarum libri IV (Leuven, Franciscus Simonis)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1001492 Institutionum politicarum USTC Michiel Zachmoorter, Thalamus sponsi, bruydegom's beddeken: het tweede deel (Antwerp, Joannes Cnobbaert)Zachmoorter, Thalamus sponsi on Google Books Pamphlets Discours sur la rencontre du temps et des affaires presente par un vieulx cavalier francois a monseigneur le duc Dorleans (Brussels, Jean Pepermans). Available on Google Books Lettre de sa Majesté Imperiale a son agent a Rome, contenant les raisons pour lesquelles il a faict la paix avec le Duc de Saxe M. DC. XXXV (Brussels, Jean Pepermans). Works of art Peter Paul Rubens The Dance of the Villagers, now in the Prado Museum, Madrid The Village Fête, now in the Louvre Museum, Paris Helena Fourment with Her Son Frans, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich The Feast of Venus, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Births Date uncertain Francis van Bossuit, sculptor (died 1692) Daniel Danielis, composer (died 1696) Joannes Florentius a Kempis, composer (died after 1711) Joseph Roettiers, medallist (died 1703) January 10 January – Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands 1678–1682 (died 1689) March 10 March – Jan van Buken, painter (died 1690) August 30 August – Pieter Spierinckx, painter (died 1711) Deaths Date uncertain Jean-Baptiste Gramaye (born 1579), historian Marquis of Aytona (born 1586), former acting governor-general of the Spanish Netherlands William Trumbull (born around 1575), former English ambassador to Brussels February 5 February – Joos de Momper (born 1564), painter October on or shortly after 24 October – Willem van Nieulandt II (born 1584), painter and poet November 11 November – Paul Boudot (born 1571), bishop December 2 December – Godfried Vereycken (born 1558), physician References 1635 in Category:1630s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1635 in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Years of the 17th century in the Habsburg Netherlands