1657 in Belgium
# 1657 in Belgium

Events in the year 1657 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 – John of Austria the Younger

### Prince-Bishopric of Liège

    Prince-Bishop – Maximilian Henry of Bavaria

## Events

* Trinity College, Leuven founded

### March

* Treaty of Paris: Anglo-French alliance targeting Dunkirk

### June

* 26 June – Andreas Creusen installed as Archbishop of Mechelen

## Births

### Date uncertain

* Jan Baptist Tijssens the Younger, painter (died after 1723)

### January

* 17 January (baptism) – Pieter van Bloemen, painter (died 1720)

## Deaths

### Date uncertain

* Gilles De Haes (born 1597), military commander

### March

* 15 March – Pierre Fisch, abbot of Echternach

### April

* 2 April – Ferdinand III (born 1608), Holy Roman Emperor

### May

* 28 May – Anthonius Triest (born 1576), bishop of Ghent

### October

* 1 October – Albert Rubens (born 1614), scholar and administrator
