# 1632 in Belgium

Events in the year 1632 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 – 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