Events in the year 1600 in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands Sovereigns – Archdukes Albert and Isabella
Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Ernest of Bavaria
Events February 5 February — Battle of Lekkerbeetje
April 28 April — Estates General opens in Brussels (dissolved 9 November)
June 29 June – Archduchess Isabella addresses the Army of FlandersAlain de Gueldre (ed.), Kroniek van België (Antwerp and Zaventem, 1987).
July 2 July — Battle of Nieuwpoort
Art and architecture
Buildings Curtius mansion constructed in Liège.
Paintings Jan Brueghel the Elder, Adoration of the Magi (), now in the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
Publications Martin Delrio, Disquisitionum Magicarum, volumes 2 and 3 (Leuven, Gerard Rivius).Volume 3 of Delrio's Disquisitionum on Google Books. Giulio Fazio, S.J., Van 't versterven der menschelijcker affectien, translated from Italian to Dutch by Thomas Sailly, S.J. (Antwerp, Joachim Trognaesius) – a treatise on mortification.Van 't versterven on Google Books. Jean-Baptiste Gramaye, Andromede Belgica dicta Alberto Austriaco, Isabellae Clarae Eugeniae acta a Falconis alumnis, tertio ab inauguratis principibus die (Leuven, Laurence Kellam) John Hamilton, A facile traictise, contenand, first ane infallible reul to discerne trew from fals religion: nixt a declaration of the nature, numbre, vertew and effects of the sacraments togider with certaine prayeres of devotion (Leuven, Laurence Kellam) Francesco Petrarca, Le Petrarque en rime francoise, translated from Italian to French by Philippe de Maldeghem (Brussels, Rutger Velpius). Cornelius Columbanus Vrancx, Den spieghel oft practijcke der charitaten (Ghent, Gauthier Manilius) — a treatise on charity.Den spieghel on Google Books. Johannes Wamesius, Tractatus de appellationibus (Leuven, Gerard Rivius)
Births 23 January — Alexander Keirincx, painter (d. 1652) 15 July — Jan Cossiers, painter (d. 1671) date uncertain – Albert de Ligne, Prince of Barbançon (d. 1674)
Deaths 5 February — Gerard Abrahams, cavalry commander September Jacques Colaert, privateer Claude Le Jeune, composer 17 October — Cornelis de Jode, cartographer, engraver and publisher date uncertain Volcxken Diericx, printmaker Simon Pereyns, painter
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