1657 in Belgium

Events in the year 1657 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 – 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