1636 in Belgium

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1636
in
Belgium

Decades:
See also:Other events of 1636
List of years in Belgium

Events in the year 1636 in the

Prince-bishopric of Liège
(predecessor states of modern Belgium).

Incumbents

Habsburg Netherlands

Monarch
of Luxembourg
, etc.
Governor GeneralCardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria

Prince-Bishopric of Liège

Prince-BishopFerdinand of Bavaria

Events

April
July
  • 2 July –
    Franco-Spanish War (1635–59)
    , invading French territory.
  • 17 July – People of Liège appeal to Pope Urban VIII against imperial troops called in by prince-bishop Ferdinand.[2]
August
November
  • 14 November – French forces retake Corbie.

Publications

Works of art

Births

January
June

Deaths

Date uncertain
January
June

References

  1. ^ Olaf van Nimwegen, The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions, 1588-1688, translated by Andrew May (Woodbridge, 2010), p. 249. Partial preview on Google Books.
  2. ^ Alain de Gueldre, et al., eds., Chronique de la Belgique (RTL, 1987), p. 389.