1637 in Belgium

none 1637 Events in the year 1637 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 April 16 April – Assassination of Sébastien de La Ruelle, former mayor of Liège, triggers anti-Spanish rioting.Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 389. July 21 July – Dutch forces besiege Breda.Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 254. Partial preview on Google Books. 26 July – French forces commanded by Cardinal de La Valette take Landrecies.Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 253. Partial preview on Google Books. August 7 August – Merchants of London formally protest seizure of English tobacco shipments to Holland. 25 August – Venlo retaken. September 3 September – Roermond retaken. October 7 October – Breda lost. Publications Arnold de la Porte, Compendio de la lengua española. Institutie vande Spaensche tale (Antwerp, Caesar Joachim Trognaesius), dedicated to Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre.https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/uGETAAAAQAAJ Arnold de la Porte Compendio de la lengua española Google Books Erycius Puteanus, De Bissexto (Leuven, Cornelius Coenestenius and Georgius Lipsius)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/Vy0PAAAAQAAJ Erycius Puteanus De Bissexto Google Books Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Fritlandus, tragoedia (Leuven, J. Coppens)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/Hf8TAAAAQAAJ Google Books Fritlandus tragoedia Nicolaus Vernulaeus Newspapers Nieuwe Tydinghen uyt verscheyde ghewesten (Bruges, Nicolaes Breyghel)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/N13 Nieuwe Tydinghen uyt verscheyde ghewesten USTC Works of art Peter Paul Rubens – The Origin of the Milky Way, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid Births January June 27 June – Alexander Voet the Younger, print maker (died 1693/1705) September 14 September – Renier Meganck, painter (died 1690) Deaths Date uncertain March 12 March – Cornelius a Lapide (born 1567), Jesuit exegete April 16 April – Sébastien de La Ruelle, mayor of Liège 17 April – René de Renesse, 1st Count of Warfusée (born c. 1580), conspirator June 6 June – Pieter Huyssens (born 1577), Jesuit architect July 12 July – Willem van Haecht (born 1593), painter September 14 September Joannes Cnobbaert (born 1590), bookseller and printmaker Theodoor Rombouts (born 1597), painter November 4 November – Michael Ophovius (born 1570), bishop of 's-Hertogenbosch 23 November – Carlos Coloma (born 1566), former commander in the Army of Flanders References 1637 in Category:1630s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1637 in the Holy Roman Empire Category:Years of the 17th century in the Habsburg Netherlands