1719 in Belgium

:Monarch – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.

:Governor General – Prince Eugene of Savoy

::Acting Governor General — Hercule-Louis Turinetti

:Prince-Bishop – Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

• 15 January — Pope Clement IX issues the breve Pietatis vestrae in response to a letter from the bishops of the Austrian Netherlands protesting their adherence to the 1713 bull Unigenitus.A. C. De Schrevel, "Susteren (Henri-Joseph van)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, [https://academieroyale.be/Academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2072.pdf vol. 24] (Brussels, 1926-1929), 287-311.
• 5 February — The Saint-Joseph sets sail from Ostend for Canton.J. Mertens, "Oostende – Kanton – Oostende, 1719–1720", in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 224–228.
• 3 August — The Saint-Joseph from Ostend arrives in Canton.
• 9 September — Frans Anneessens, dean of the masons' guild, condemned to death for resisting innovations in city government detrimental to the power of the guilds of Brussels."De beul van Brussel", Brussel: Waar is de Tijd, 6 (1999), p. 139.
• 19 September — Frans Anneessens beheaded in Brussels.Alphonse Wauters, "Anneessens, François", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2037.pdf vol. 1] (Brussels, 1866), 300–317.
• 16 October — Bishop Hendrik Jozef van Susteren reopens Bruges seminary (closed in 1632).
• 22 October — Confraternity of St Joseph re-established in Bruges.Rond den Heerd, vol. 2, number 16 (16 March 1867), p. 123.
• 16 November — Oratorian College, Mechelen, celebrates a former student, Henricus van Gaemeren, graduating from Leuven University as first in his year.Verhael der in-haeling van den heere Henricus van Gaemeren eersten van Loven (Antwerp, Joannes Borckx, 1719)
• 27 November — The Saint-Joseph, from Ostend, sets sail from Canton laden with tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.

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;Art objects

• Silver monstrance (pictured)

;Paintings

• Louis Counet, Allégorie de la Religion, Liège town hall

;Buildings

• Kasteel De Mot, Ternat
• Lindemansschool, Roosdaal

• Bernaert de Jonghe, Belgium Dominicanum sive historia Provinciæ Germaniæ Inferioris sacri ordinis FF. Prædicatorum (Brussels, Francisci Foppens)[https://books.google.com/books?id=ir1UvQUOdFQC Belgium Dominicanum] on Google Books.

• 11 June — François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège (died 1784)
• 3 December — Jean Charles Joseph de Merode, nobleman (died 1774)

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• Date unknown — Jan Baptist Brueghel (born 1647), painter
• 6 February — Paul de Bruyn (born 1646), abbot of Park.Franciscus Pauwens, Oratio in exequiis Reverendissimi ac Amplissimi Domini D. Pauli de Bruyn Bruxellensis, Celeberrimi & per-antiqui Parchensis Monasterii Ordinis Praemonstratensis Abbatis trigesimi quarti Anno 1719. die 6. februarii defuncti (Brussels, Aegidius Dams, 1719).
• 9 March — Peeter van Bredael (born 1629), painter
• 19 September — Frans Anneessens (born 1660), guildmaster
• 27 October — François Baert (born 1651), Bollandist
• 3 December — Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (born 1644), painter

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