1590s in the Southern Netherlands

Events from the 1590s in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège.

Habsburg Netherlands

 * Monarch
 * Philip II, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc. to September 1598
 * Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as co-sovereigns from September 1598.


 * Governor General
 * Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, to 1592
 * Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort 1592–1594
 * Archduke Ernest of Austria 1594–1595
 * Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes, acting governor general 1595–1596
 * Albert VII, Archduke of Austria 1596–1598
 * Margrave Andrew of Burgau, acting governor general 1598–1599

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

 * Prince-Bishop
 * Ernest of Bavaria

Events

 * 1590
 * 4 March – Loss of Breda


 * 1591


 * 1592
 * 28 May – Diocesan Seminary of Liège opens


 * 1593


 * 1594
 * Joyous Entry into Brussels and Antwerp of Archduke Ernest of Austria


 * 1595
 * 7 to 20 March – Siege of Huy
 * 14 October – Loss and retaking of Lier
 * 28 December – Ernest of Bavaria appoints André Streignart, Jean Chapeauville, Pierre Oranus, and Jean Malempeter to an inquisitorial witchcraft tribunal to investigate and judge the case of Jean Delvaux, a monk of Stavelot Abbey who had voluntarily confessed to attending witches' sabbaths.


 * 1596
 * 24 April – Taking of Calais
 * 23 May – Taking of Ardres


 * 1597
 * 24 January – Battle of Turnhout
 * 2 April – Condemnation of Jean Delvaux for witchcraft


 * 1598
 * 2 May – Peace of Vervins concluded


 * 1599
 * 18 April – Marriage of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
 * 5 September – Joyous Entry into Brussels of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as co-sovereigns

Births

 * 1590
 * Jacques Backereel
 * Frederik Bouttats the Elder
 * Christophe Butkens
 * Andries van Eertvelt
 * Hubertus Reulandt
 * Daniel Seghers
 * Caesar Joachim Trognaesius
 * Leonard Voeller
 * 1591
 * Jacques Fouquier
 * Nicolas Régnier
 * Jan Roos (painter)
 * Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre
 * Johann von Werth
 * 1592
 * Balthasar Cordier
 * Balthazar Gerbier
 * Pieter Snayers
 * Jean de Wachtendonck
 * Cornelis de Wael
 * Lucas de Wael
 * 1593
 * Adriaen de Bie
 * 1594
 * 1595
 * 1596
 * 1597
 * 1598
 * 1599
 * 1597
 * 1598
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Deaths

 * 1590
 * 1591
 * 1592
 * 1593
 * 1594
 * 1595
 * 20 February - Archduke Ernest of Austria
 * 1596
 * 4 January - Cristóbal de Mondragón
 * 1597
 * 1598
 * 1599
 * 1596
 * 4 January - Cristóbal de Mondragón
 * 1597
 * 1598
 * 1599
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