1656 in Belgium

none 1656 thumb|David Teniers the Younger, Triumphal entry of Don John of Austria (c.1657) Events in the year 1656 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 (until May); John of Austria the Younger (from May) Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria Events thumb|David Teniers the Younger, Battle of Valenciennes 13 March – Dunkirkers fight with English ships near Goodwin Sands.Alain de Gueldre (ed.), Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).400 2 April – Treaty of Brussels concluded between representatives of Philip IV of Spain and the exiled Charles II of Great Britain 11 May – John of Austria the Younger enters Brussels as Governor General.Kroniek 399 12 July – Battle of Valenciennes Art and architecture thumb|Bust of Cornelis II Landschot Sebastiaen van den Eynde, Bust of Cornelis II Landschot (c. 1656) St. James' Church, Antwerp completed Publications Emanuel d'Aranda, Relation de la captivité et liberté du sieur Emanuel de Aranda, mené esclave à Alger en l'an 1640, et mis en liberté l'an 1642 (Brussels, Jan Mommaert the Younger)Relation de la captivité on Google Books André Tacquet, Arithmeticae theoria et praxis (Leuven) Valencenae obsidione liberatae a Ioanne principe Austriaco (Antwerp)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1537165 USTC 1537165Valencenae obsidione liberatae on Google Books Births 21 May – Bernard Bartholomeus Désirant, ecclesiastical writer (died 1725) Date uncertain Lodewijk de Deyster, engraver and instrument maker (died 1711) Deaths 23 January – Jean Du Blocq (born 1583), Jesuit architect 22 March – Alexander I of Bournonville (born 1585), noble conspirator References 1656 in Category:1650s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1656 in the Holy Roman Empire Belgium