1652 in Belgium

none 1652 thumb|View and map of Nieuwpoort (1652) thumb|Theodoor van Thulden, Harmony and Marriage (1652) Events in the year 1652 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 Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria Events 10 January – Proclamation in Liège banishing brigands, vagabonds and beggars from the territoryCommission royale pour la publication des anciennes lois et ordonnances de la Belgique, Liste chronologique des édits et ordonnances de la principauté de Liége de 1507 à 1684 (Brussels, 1860)186 20 February – Brussels Privy Council issues a general regulation on coinage, listing the coins to be accepted as legal tender.René Vermeir, ed., Recueil des ordonnances des Pays-Bas: Règne de Philippe IV (1621-1665), vol. 3 (Brussels, 2023)191-208 17 April – Brussels Council of Finances relaxes restrictions on the importation of English cloth, but limiting imports to Ostend.Vermeir3 212-214 14 July – Jacobus de la Torre consecrates the new Capuchin church in Brussels, designed by Fr Charles of Brussels.J.-J. Thonissen, "Arenberg (Le P. Charles D')", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866), 401-405. 16 September – Army of Flanders recaptures Dunkirk, occupied by the French in 1646Alain de Gueldre, ed., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), p. 397. 10 December – Decree in Liège ordering owners of mills, forges and furnaces along the river Ourthe to remove all obstacles to navigation on the river.Liege 188 Art and architecture thumb|A house in Diest beguinage dated 1652 Buildings House in Diest beguinage dated 1652Begijnenhuis van 1652 https://id.erfgoed.net/erfgoedobjecten/41631 Flanders Heritage Agency thumb|Jacob Jordaens, The Holy Family in a Boat (1652) thumb|David Teniers the Younger, Flemish Kermess (1652) thumb|Katharina Pepijn, Portrait of Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre, Abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp Paintings Jacob Jordaens, The Holy Family in a Boat Katharina Pepijn, Portrait of Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre, Abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp David Teniers the Younger, Flemish Kermess Jan van den Hecke, Still Life of Parrot Tulips, Roses, Carnations, Morning Glory and Other Flowers in a Silver Dish on a Stone Pedestal Theodoor van Thulden, Harmony and Marriage Publications Edward Knott, Infidelity Unmasked, or The Confutation of a Booke, Published by M. William Chillingworth, under this Title: The Religion of Protestants a Safe Way to Salvation''' (Ghent, Maximiliaan Graet)https://books.google.com/books?vid=GENT:900000130996 Infidelity unmasked Google Books 1652 Petrus Stockmans, Jus Belgarum circa bullarum pontificarum receptionem (published anonymously)Jus Belgarum on Google Bookes Periodicals Relations veritables, edited by Pierre Hugonet (Brussels, printed by Guillaume Scheybels to be sold by Guillaume Hacquebaud)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/N57 Universal Short Title Catalogue Relations veritableshttps://dictionnaire-journaux.gazettes18e.fr/journal/1188-relations-veritables Les Relations veritables Dictionnaire des journaux (1600-1789) Births 20 November (bapt.) – Marie Duchatel, painter (died 1692) Deaths 25 July – Bonaventura Peeters the Elder (born 1614), painter 13 October – Abraham Verhoeven (born 1575), publisher of the Nieuwe Tijdinghen'' 1 November (bur.) – Pieter van Avont (born 1600), painter Date uncertain Andries van Eertvelt (born 1590), painter References 1652 in Category:1650s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1652 in the Holy Roman Empire Belgium