1635 in Belgium
{{short description|Historical Belgian rvents}}
{{Year in Belgium|1635}}
Events in the year 1635 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 – Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria
=Prince-Bishopric of Liège=
:Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria
Events
;January
- 28 January – Joyous entry into Ghent of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as new governor general, Gaspar de Crayer playing a key role in the monumental decorations.
;February
- Panel of experts at University of Louvain decrees that tobacco has no nutritional value.Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 388.
- 8 February – French-Dutch treaty to partition the Spanish Netherlands, preliminary to the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59).
;March
- 26 March – Ferdinand seizes Trier and has Archbishop-Elector Philipp Christoph von Sötern imprisoned.
;April
- 11 April – Formal representations from Balthazar Gerbier, English resident in Brussels, about Dunkirkers interfering with English shipping.
- 17 April – Joyous entry into Antwerp of Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria as new governor general, Gaspar Gevartius co-ordinating the reception and Peter Paul Rubens playing a key role in the monumental decorations.P. Génard, "Intrede van den Prins-Kardinaal Ferdinand van Spanje te Antwerpen, op 17 april 1635", Antwerpsch Archievenblad, 13 (1876), pp. 296–309.
;May
- 2 May – Great Council of Mechelen condemns Guillaume de Melun, Prince of Espinoy, in absentia as a traitor for his role in the Conspiracy of Nobles (1632).Copie des Arrests rendus au grand Conseil de sa Majesté le 2. de May 1635, contre le Prince d'Espinoy, & Charles de Pienne (Mechelen, Henry Jaye, 1635), [https://books.google.com/books?id=pPNGAAAAcAAJ available on Google Books].
- 20 May – Battle of Les Avins: French forces defeat a detachment of the Army of Flanders commanded by Thomas of Savoy, sent to prevent them linking up with the Dutch.
;June
- 2 June – French-Dutch manifesto calls on inhabitants of the Spanish Netherlands to rise against their government.
- 8 June – Sack of Tienen by combined French-Dutch forces.
- 21 June – French-Dutch army crosses the Dijle near Overijse.Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 247. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1843835754 Partial preview on Google Books].
- 24 June – Siege of Leuven commences.
;July
- 4 July – Siege of Leuven raised.
- 22 July – Gaspard Nemius consecrated bishop of Antwerp in Antwerp Cathedral.Léopold Devillers, "Nemius (Gaspard)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2057.pdf vol. 15], (Brussels, 1899), 583-584.
- 28 July – Army of Flanders takes Schenkenschans.Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 248. [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1843835754 Partial preview on Google Books].
Publications
- Robert Bellarmine, An ample Declaration of the Christian Doctrine, translated by R. H. (Mechelen, Henry Jaye).
- Cornelius Jansen, Mars Gallicus ([Leuven, Jacobus Zegers]). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ASyIzzzw8LUC On Google Books]
- Discours sur la rencontre du temps et des affaires presente par un vieulx cavalier francois a monseigneur le duc Dorleans (Brussels, Jean Pepermans). [https://books.google.com/books?id=xTdQAAAAcAAJ Available on Google Books]
- Lettre de sa Majesté Imperiale a son agent a Rome, contenant les raisons pour lesquelles il a faict la paix avec le Duc de Saxe M. DC. XXXV (Brussels, Jean Pepermans).
Works of art
- Peter Paul Rubens
- The Dance of the Villagers, now in the Prado Museum, Madrid
- The Village Fête, now in the Louvre Museum, Paris
- Helena Fourment with Her Son Frans, now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich
- The Feast of Venus, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Births
;Date uncertain
- Francis van Bossuit, sculptor (died 1692)
- Daniel Danielis, composer (died 1696)
- Joannes Florentius a Kempis, composer (died after 1711)
- Joseph Roettiers, medallist (died 1703)
;January
- 10 January – Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands 1678–1682 (died 1689)
;March
- 10 March – Jan van Buken, painter (died 1690)
;August
- 30 August – Pieter Spierinckx, painter (died 1711)
Deaths
;Date uncertain
- Jean-Baptiste Gramaye (born 1579), historian
- Marquis of Aytona (born 1586), former acting governor-general of the Spanish Netherlands
- William Trumbull (born around 1575), former English ambassador to Brussels
;February
- 5 February – Joos de Momper (born 1564), painter
;October
- on or shortly after 24 October – Willem van Nieulandt II (born 1584), painter and poet
;November
- 11 November – Paul Boudot (born 1571), bishop
;December
- 2 December – Godfried Vereycken (born 1558), physician