1657 in Belgium

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Decades:	1630s 1650s
See also:	Other events of 1657 List of years in Belgium

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

• Trinity College, Leuven founded

March

• Treaty of Paris: Anglo-French alliance targeting Dunkirk

June

• 26 June – Andreas Creusen installed as Archbishop of Mechelen

Births

Date uncertain

• Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger, painter (died after 1723)

January

• 17 January (baptism) – Pieter van Bloemen, painter (died 1720)

Deaths

Date uncertain

• Gilles De Haes (born 1597), military commander

March

• 15 March – Pierre Fisch, abbot of Echternach

April

• 2 April – Ferdinand III (born 1608), Holy Roman Emperor

May

• 28 May – Anthonius Triest (born 1576), bishop of Ghent

October

• 1 October – Albert Rubens (born 1614), scholar and administrator

References