Events from the 1590s in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège.
 1590s in Belgium: 
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Incumbents
editHabsburg Netherlands
edit- Monarch
- Philip II, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc. to September 1598
- Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as co-sovereigns from September 1598.
- Governor General
- Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, to 1592
- Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort 1592–1594
- Archduke Ernest of Austria 1594–1595
- Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes, acting governor general 1595–1596
- Albert VII, Archduke of Austria 1596–1598
- Margrave Andrew of Burgau, acting governor general 1598–1599
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
edit- Prince-Bishop
Events
edit- 1590
- 4 March – Loss of Breda
- 1591
- 1592
- 28 May – Diocesan Seminary of Liège opens
- 1593
- 1594
- Joyous Entry into Brussels and Antwerp of Archduke Ernest of Austria
- 1595
- 7 to 20 March – Siege of Huy
- 14 October – Loss and retaking of Lier
- 28 December – Ernest of Bavaria appoints André Streignart, Jean Chapeauville, Pierre Oranus, and Jean Malempeter to an inquisitorial witchcraft tribunal to investigate and judge the case of Jean Delvaux, a monk of Stavelot Abbey who had voluntarily confessed to attending witches' sabbaths.[1]
- 1596
- 24 April – Taking of Calais
- 23 May – Taking of Ardres
- 1597
- 24 January – Battle of Turnhout
- 2 April – Condemnation of Jean Delvaux for witchcraft[1]
- 1598
- 2 May – Peace of Vervins concluded
- 1599
- 18 April – Marriage of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria
- 5 September – Joyous Entry into Brussels of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as co-sovereigns
Births
edit- 1590
- Jacques Backereel
- Frederik Bouttats the Elder
- Christophe Butkens
- Andries van Eertvelt
- Hubertus Reulandt
- Daniel Seghers
- Caesar Joachim Trognaesius
- Leonard Voeller
- 1591
- Jacques Fouquier
- Nicolas Régnier
- Jan Roos (painter)
- Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre
- Johann von Werth
- 1592
- Balthasar Cordier
- Balthazar Gerbier
- Pieter Snayers
- Jean de Wachtendonck
- Cornelis de Wael
- Lucas de Wael
- 1593
- 1594
- 1595
- 1596
- 1597
- 1598
- 1599
Deaths
edit- 1590
- 1591
- 1592
- 1593
- 1594
- 1595
- 20 February - Archduke Ernest of Austria
- 1596
- 4 January - Cristóbal de Mondragón
- 1597
- 1598
- 1599
References
edit- ^ a b Joannes Chapeavillus, Qui gesta Pontificum Tungrensium, Traiectensium, et Leodiensium, vol. 3 (Liège, 1616), pp. 593-605. On Google Books