1636 in Belgium
# 1636 in Belgium

Events in the year 1636 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

### April

* 29 April – Dutch forces retake Schenkenschans.

### July

* 2 July – Army of Flanders goes onto the offensive in the 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.

### August

* 5 August – Crossing of the Somme by the Army of Flanders.
* 7 August – Corbie invested.
* 15 August – Corbie taken.

### November

* 14 November – French forces retake Corbie.

## Publications

* Lazarus Marcquis, Volcomen tractaet van de peste (Antwerp, Caesar Joachim Trognaesius) – a treatise on the pestilence. Available on the Internet Archive

## Works of art

* Anthony van Dyck – Charles I in Three Positions, now in the Royal Collection.
* Peter Paul Rubens
   * Hercules' Dog Discovers Purple Dye, now in the Musée Bonnat, Bayonne.
   * Helena Fourment with Children, now in the Louvre Museum, Paris.
   * Saturn, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
   * The Rainbow Landscape, now in the Wallace Collection, London.
   * A View of Het Steen in the Early Morning, now in the National Gallery, London.

## Births

### January

* 12 January – Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, painter (died 1699)

### June

* 22 June – Albertus Clouwet, engraver (died 1679)

## Deaths

### Date uncertain

* Philippe de Caverel (born 1555), abbot
* Matthijs Langhedul, organ builder
* Joannes Woverius (born 1576), councillor

### January

* 19 January – Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger (born 1561/2), painter

### June

* 21 June – Justus de Harduwijn (born 1582), poet
