1659 in Belgium

none 1659 thumb|Belgium (1659) Events in the year 1659 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 (until November); Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena (from November) Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria Events 27 October – Magistrates in Antwerp order the removal of chains from the streets after guild protests against the monopoly of the royal postmasterAlain de Gueldre et al., Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987), p. 400.Gheboden ende uyt-geroepen: alsoo by de heeren ende andere leden deser stadt, in-ghevolghe de ordre ghegheven by sijne excellentie, gheordonneert is af te doen de ketenen door dese stadt 27 October 1659 Antwerp https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/6170756 Universal Short Title Catalogue 7 November – Treaty of the Pyrenees signed, ending Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) Art and architecture thumb|Jacob van Reesbroeck, Portrait of Balthasar II Moretus (1659), Plantin-Moretus Museum Paintings Jacob van Reesbroeck, Portrait of Balthasar II Moretus Publications thumb|Het Brussels Moeselken (Brussels, Gielis Stryckwant, 1659) thumb|Vilvoorde Castle from Antonius Sanderus, Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, part 1 Het Brussels Moeselken (Brussels, Gielis Stryckwant) Nicolás Antonio, De exilio sive De exilii poena antiqua et nova libri tres (Antwerp, Jacob Meurs)https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1534029 De exilio USTC Nicolás Antonio P. de Cambry, Abbregé de la vie de dame Jenne de Cambry, premierement religieuse de l'ordre de S. Augustin à Tournay, & depuis soeur Ienne Marie de la Presentation recluse lez Lille (Antwerp, Jacques Mesens) — a biography of Jeanne de Cambryhttps://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1532891 Abbregé de la vie de dame Jenne de Cambry USTC Jean-Jacques Chifflet, Antiqua Rerum Brabanticarum et Belgicarum Monumenta (Antwerp, Plantin Press)Antiqua Rerum Brabanticarum et Belgicarum Monumenta USTC https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/6170452 Jean-Jacques Chifflet Laurent Chifflet, Essay d'une parfaite grammaire de la langue françoise (Antwerp, Jacob Meurs)Laurent Chifflet Essay d'une parfaite grammaire de la langue françoise USTC https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1534504 Antonius Sanderus, Chorographia sacra Brabantiae, part 1 René-François de Sluse, Mesolabum.Connaître la Wallonie Le Mesolabum par René-François de Sluse https://connaitrelawallonie.wallonie.be/histoire/timeline/1659-le-mesolabum-par-rene-francois-de-sluse André Tacquet, Cylindricorum et annularium liber V (Antwerp, Jacob Meurs)https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/txYOAAAAQAAJ André Tacquet Cylindricorum et annularium Google Books Arnout Van Geluwe, Claer Bewys Dat Christus hier op der aerden geen duysent-jaerigh Rijcke en sal comen op-rechten, om met de Martelaeren inden vleessche duysent Iaeren te regneren, als Coningen ende Priesters, ghelijck de nieuwe Duysent-jaers-ghesinde Propheten, ofte genaemde wel-meenende Christenen van Amsterdam droomen (Ghent, Maximiliaan Graet)Arnout Van Geluwe Claer Bewys Dat Christus hier op der aerden geen duysent-jaerigh Rijcke en sal comen op-rechten https://books.google.com/books/edition/_/Q2g-AAAAcAAJ Google Books Michael van Langren, Briefve description de la ville et havre d'Oostende (Brussels, Philippe VleugartMichael Florentius van Langren Briefve description de la ville et havre d'Oostende Brussels https://ustc.ac.uk/editions/1533355 Newspapers 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 date unknown – John Baptist Medina, painter (died 1710) Catarina Ykens, painter (died 1737) Deaths 30 March – Andries de Coninck (born 1615), painter 8 August – Filippo Spinola, 2nd Marquis of Los Balbases (born 1594), nobleman 24 October – Philippe Brasseur (born 1597), poet and historian 12 December – Guillaume de Lamboy, Baron of Cortesheim (born 1590), soldier 22 December (burial) – Schelte a Bolswert (born 1586), engraver date unknown – Frans Wouters (born 1612), painter References 1659 in Category:1650s in the Habsburg Netherlands Category:1659 in the Holy Roman Empire Belgium