1651 in Belgium

none 1651 thumb|David Teniers the Younger, Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in Brussels (1651) - now in Petworth House Events in the year 1651 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 23 January – Leopold William, as Captain-General of the Army of Flanders, prohibits all military governors, commanders or officers from levying any taxes or exactions on their own initiative.René Vermeir, ed., Recueil des ordonnances des Pays-Bas: Règne de Philippe IV (1621-1665), vol. 3 (Brussels, 2023)122-124 3 February – Pierre de Bex, former mayor of Liège, arrested for conspiring against the stateAlain de Gueldre, ed., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), pp. 396-397. 22 February – Pierre de Bex, former mayor of Liège, executed in Liège 25 February – Amnesty for participants in Bex's insurrection published in LiègeCommission 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)182 28 February – Philip IV prohibits the dissemination or defence of the doctrines condemned by Pope Urban VIII in the 1642 bull In eminentiVermeir3 124-130 20 March – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria lays the foundation stone of 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. 23 March – Brussels Privy Council issues a proclamation on behalf of Philip IV prohibiting his subjects from contributing to the building of Protestant churches in Dutch territoryVermeir3 133-134 27 March – Proclamation in Liège revaluing 16-sou coins at 12 sous and prohibiting foreign copper coinsLiege 182-183 12 May – City of Antwerp prohibits the auctioning of paintings by those not registered to the Guild of St Lukehttps://ustc.ac.uk/editions/6170550 City of Antwerp Gheboden ende uyt-gheroepen ... Om te voorcomen de klachten ... van S. Lucas-gulde, ter oorsaecke dat verscheyde persoonen hun vervoorderen ... binnen dese stadt te houden uyt-roepen van schilderijen 12 May 1651 Antwerp USTC 26 May – Council of Brabant issues a decree regulating the production, distribution and consumption of aqua vitae in the Duchy of BrabantVermeir3 140-142 17 July – Decree in Liège prohibiting recruitment for foreign armiesLiege 183-184 22 July – Decree giving foreign soldiers 24 hours to depart the territory of LiègeLiege 184 28 July – Council of Guelders prohibits taking service in foreign armies without permissionVermeir3 170-171 23 September – Prohibition on the exportation of grain from the Prince-Bishopric of LiègeLiege 184 8 October – City of Liège prohibits the sending of packets by the riverboat recently established in Maastricht rather than the two merchant boats already established in LiègeLiege 184 12 October – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria installed as Prince-Bishop of Liège 24 November – City of Liège issues regulations on hunting, fishing, and keeping pigeonsLiege 185 22 December – Prohibition in Liège of the making, selling or carrying of pocket-sized firearms or daggersLiege 185 Art and architecture thumb|Capuchin priory and church in Brussels, begun in 1651 (1727) thumb|Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger, Statue of St Ursula thumb|Thurn and Taxis family chapel in the Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon Buildings Work begins on a new Capuchin priory and church in Brussels. Work begins on the Thurn and Taxis family chapel in the Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon Sculptures Jérôme Duquesnoy the Younger, Statue of St Ursula Publications Abrégé des derniers mouvemens d'Angleterre (Antwerp, Jacobus Moens)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/1532893 Abrégé 1651 USTC Antoine Brun, Recueil du discours, fait par Monsieur de Brun, ambassadeur d'Espagne, a Messieurs les Estats generaux, en la grande assemblee le 28. mars 1651 (Antwerp, J. Husens)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/1554953 Recueil du discours 1651 USTC Jean-Jacques Chifflet, Judicium de fabula Joannae Papissae (Antwerp, Balthasar II Moretushttps://ustc.ac.be/editions/6170580 Judicium de fabula Joannae Papissae 1651 USTC Albert de Ligne, Prince of Barbançon, L'Amÿ véritable et loyal (Namur, J. Godefrin)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/6168406 L'Amÿ véritable et loyal 1651 USTC (Jesuit College, Ghent), David en Ionathas voorbeelt van oprechte vrientschap (Ghent, Maximiliaan Graet) – programme for a school play performed in September 1651https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/N8Q8AAAAcAAJ David en Ionathas 1651 Google Books Pierre Marchant, Chronicon sive commissariorum nationalium nationis germanico-belgicae ordinis S. Francisci origo, institutio, potestas et auctoritas (Ghent, Jan Vanden Kerchove)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/1533636 Chronicon 1651 USTC Albert Rubens, Tabula chronologica regum dynastarum, vrbium rerum, virorumque illustrium a mundo condito ad annum 4000 (Antwerp, Cornelis Woons)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/1536778 Tabula chronologica 1651 USTC Antonius Sanderus, Poemata: ad amplissimum et nobilissimum virum D. Franciscum Kinschotium, Brabantiae cancellarium (Leuven, Jan Vryenborch)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/1536095 Poemata 1651 USTC Willem van der Borcht, Rosimunda (Brussels, Guilliam Scheybels)https://ustc.ac.be/editions/1841015 Rosimunda 1651 USTC 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 21 February – Arnold van Westerhout, artist and printer (died 1725) 29 April (baptism) – Daniël van Vlierden, sculptor (died 1716) 18 August – François Noël, Jesuit missionary (died 1729) 25 August – François Baert, Bollandist (died 1719) Deaths 6 January (burial) – Jacob Franquart (born 1582/3), artist 14 January – Matthias Pauli (born 1580) Augustinian author 14 February – Lambertine de Ligne (born 1593), noblewoman 18 March – Gerard Seghers (born 1591), painter and art dealer 5 May – Frans I van Kinschot (born 1577), Chancellor of Brabant 9 May – Cornelis de Vos (born 1584), painter 30 May – Henri de Vicq, Lord of Meuleveldt (born 1573), diplomat and jurist 15 July – Engelbert Des Bois (born 1578), bishop of Namur 26 July – Hendrik van der Borcht the Elder (born 1583), engraver 8 September – Jacquemijntje Garniers (born 1590), midwife and painter 22 December – William Hyde (born 1597), priest and educator Date uncertain Jan van den Hoecke, artist (born 1611) References 1651 in Category:1650s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1651 in the Holy Roman Empire Belgium