1657 in Belgium

none 1657 thumb|A map of Brussels (1657) Events in the year 1657 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 – John of Austria the Younger Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria Events thumb|A map of the 1657 Siege of Montmédy January 22-23 January — Brussels government issues clarifications on the decrees regarding the billeting of soldiers in winter quarters.René Vermeir, ed., Recueil des ordonnances des Pays-Bas: Règne de Philippe IV (1621-1665), vol. 4 (Brussels, 2023), 46-48. March Treaty of Paris: Anglo-French alliance targeting Dunkirk 21 March – Army of Flanders recovers Saint-Ghislain from the French. May 28-30 May – Prince of Condé foils a French attempt on Cambrai.Henri d'Orléans d'Aumale, Histoire des princes de Condé pendant les 16. et 17. siècles, vol. 6 (Paris, 1892), pp. 454-457. June 26 June – Andreas Creusen installed as Archbishop of Mechelen June to August – French besiege and capture Montmédy in the Duchy of Luxembourg September 21 September – Anglo-French forces take Fort-Mardyck 27 September – Brussels government institutes import restrictions on French wines.René Vermeir, ed., Recueil des ordonnances des Pays-Bas: Règne de Philippe IV (1621-1665), vol. 4 (Brussels, 2023), pp. 51-56. November 29 November – Brussels government prohibits contribution payments to invading French forces.René Vermeir, ed., Recueil des ordonnances des Pays-Bas: Règne de Philippe IV (1621-1665), vol. 4 (Brussels, 2023), pp. 60-61 Foundations Trinity College, Leuven Art and architecture thumb|240px|Katharina Pepijn, Portrait of Norbertus van Couwerven, Abbot of St Michael's thumb|David Teniers the Younger, The Entry of Don Juan of Austria into Brussels (c.1657) Katharina Pepijn, Portrait of Norbertus van Couwerven, Abbot of St Michael's Abbey, Antwerp David Teniers the Younger, The Entry of Don Juan of Austria into Brussels Publications Guillaume Bolognino, Ni'uwe noodeliicke ortographie tot het schryven en 't drucken van onse Nederduytse tale (Antwerp, Jacob Mesens)Ni'uwe noodeliicke ortographie (1657) at Google Books Sébastien Bouvier, Miroire de saincteté en la vie, mort et miracles de S. Feuillien (Liège, H. Tournay)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1525901 USTC 1525901 Guilielmus Hesius, Legatus fidelis ad oratores christianos (Antwerp, Cornelis Woons)Legatus fidelis on Google Books Jean-Henri Manigart, Diva Leodiensis consolatrix afflictorum (Liège, B. Bronckart)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1525903 USTC 1525903 Adriaan Poirters, Het duyfken in de steen-rotse (Antwerp, Cornelis Woons)https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/poir001duyf01_01/index.php Het duyfken in de steen-rotse Digital Library for Dutch Literature Joannes van der Elst, Notae Augustinianae sive Musices Figurae seu Notae Novae Concinendis Modulis Faciliores (Ghent, Maximiliaan Graet) Arnout Van Geluwe, Corte Antwoorde, Op een onschriftmatige gereformeerde vraghe raeckende het H. Sacrament des Autaers (Ghent, Maximiliaan Graet) Charles de Visch, O.Cist., Het leven van den Eerw. Heere ende Vader in Christo, Heer Adrianus Cancellier in voorleden tijden den XXXIX. Abt van het Loffelyck Klooster ten Duynen, translated by Jan van Blitterswyck (Bruges, Lucas vanden Kerchove) Births 17 January (baptism) – Pieter van Bloemen, painter (died 1720) 1 April – Gratien Simon, potter (died 1692) Date uncertain Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth (died 1680) Guillaume Héris, Herman de Sainte-Barbe in religion, Carmelite (died 1724) Gérard Melyn, Augustinian hermit (died 1734) Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger, painter (died after 1723) Deaths 9 February – Philippe Bouchy (born 1574), ascetic author 15 March – Pierre Fisch, abbot of Echternach 21 March – Georges Galopin (born c.1600), ecclesiastical author 2 April – Ferdinand III (born 1608), Holy Roman Emperor 28 May – Anthonius Triest (born 1576), bishop of Ghent 29 May – Antoine de Bourgogne (date of birth unknown), prelate 25 July – Willibrord Bosschaerts (born 1577), ecclesiastical author 4 August – Jean d'Allamont (born 1626), governor of Montmédy 27 August – Gottfried Huyn van Geleen (born c.1595), soldier 1 October – Albert Rubens (born 1614), scholar and administrator Date uncertain Gilles De Haes (born 1597), military commander References 1657 in Category:1650s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1657 in the Holy Roman Empire Belgium