1632 in Belgium

Events in the year 1632 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).

Habsburg Netherlands

 * Monarch – Philip IV, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.


 * Governor General – Isabella Clara Eugenia, Infanta of Spain

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

 * Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria

Events

 * January
 * 25 January – Gaston of Orleans arrives in Brussels to join Marie de Medici in exile.


 * March
 * Anthony van Dyck leaves for London.


 * April
 * 15 April – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, mortally wounded in the Battle of Rain.


 * May
 * Conspiracy of Nobles: the prince of Barbançon, prince of Espinoy, duke of Bournonville and count of Egmont plot to overthrow Spanish rule in the Southern Netherlands.
 * 22 May – States General of the United Provinces call upon southern provinces to rise against Spain, promising freedom of worship.


 * June
 * 9 June – Siege of Maastricht begins.
 * June – Count of Bergh defects to the Dutch.
 * 25 June ¬– Circular from the Infanta Isabella brands Bergh a traitor.
 * 30 July – The Infanta summons the Estates General, to meet on 7 September.


 * August
 * 22 August – Fall of Maastricht: Brabantine lordship of the city lost to the Dutch Republic; the Prince-Bishop of Liège retains his share in the lordship.
 * Dutch raiding parties reach the vicinity of Namur and Mons.


 * September
 * 7 September – Estates General convene what will be their last session (dissolved in 1634).
 * 11 September – Estates General delegate negotiators for peace talks with Dutch.
 * 18 September – Cardinal de la Cueva, Spanish ambassador, leaves Brussels.


 * October
 * 3 October – Marquis of Santa Cruz leaves the Low Countries in disgrace.
 * 10 October – Dutch refuse to treat with delegates of the Estates General.


 * December
 * 7 December – Delegates of the Estates General received in The Hague.

Publications

 * Jean-Jacques Courvoisier, Extases, de la princesse du Midy, la belle Malceda, au palais du sage roy Salomon (Brussels, Jean Pepermans).
 * Ángel Manrique, La venerable madre, Ana de Jesus, discipula y compañera, de la s.m. Teresa de Jesus (Brussels, Lucas van Meerbeeck)
 * Jean Puget de la Serre, Histoire curieuse de tout ce qui s'est passé à l'entrée de la Reyne Mère du Roy tres chrestien dans les villes des Pays Bas (Antwerp, Plantin Press).

Births

 * Date uncertain
 * Reynier Covyn, painter (died 1681)
 * Hendrik van Minderhout, painter (died 1696)
 * Jan Baptist de Wael, painter (died after 1669)
 * January
 * 11 January – Adam Frans van der Meulen, painter (died 1690)
 * July
 * 26 July – Simon Du Bois, painter (died 1706)

Deaths

 * Date uncertain
 * Ambrosius Francken II, painter
 * Somhairle Mac Domhnail (born around 1580), Irish soldier
 * April
 * 30 April – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly (born 1559), military commander
 * June
 * 21 June – Anselmus de Boodt (born 1550), naturalist
 * July
 * 16 July – Conrad III Schetz (born 1553), diplomat
 * 17 July – Hendrick van Balen (born 1573/75), painter
 * 19 July – Robert Maudhuy, bookseller
 * December
 * 23 December – Crisóstomo Henríquez (born 1594), Cistercian historian