Events in the year 1719 in the Austrian Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège (predecessor states of modern Belgium).
Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands Monarch – Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc.
Governor General – Prince Eugene of Savoy Acting Governor General — Hercule-Louis Turinetti
Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Joseph Clemens of Bavaria
Events 15 January — Pope Clement IX issues the breve Pietatis vestrae in response to a letter from the bishops of the Austrian Netherlands protesting their adherence to the 1713 bull Unigenitus.A. C. De Schrevel, "Susteren (Henri-Joseph van)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1926-1929), 287-311. 5 February — The Saint-Joseph sets sail from Ostend for Canton.J. Mertens, "Oostende – Kanton – Oostende, 1719–1720", in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 224–228. 3 August — The Saint-Joseph from Ostend arrives in Canton. 9 September — Frans Anneessens, dean of the masons' guild, condemned to death for resisting innovations in city government detrimental to the power of the guilds of Brussels."De beul van Brussel", Brussel: Waar is de Tijd, 6 (1999), p. 139. 19 September — Frans Anneessens beheaded in Brussels.Alphonse Wauters, "Anneessens, François", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866), 300–317. 16 October — Bishop Hendrik Jozef van Susteren reopens Bruges seminary (closed in 1632). 22 October — Confraternity of St Joseph re-established in Bruges.Rond den Heerd, vol. 2, number 16 (16 March 1867), p. 123. 16 November — Oratorian College, Mechelen, celebrates a former student, Henricus van Gaemeren, graduating from Leuven University as first in his year.Verhael der in-haeling van den heere Henricus van Gaemeren eersten van Loven (Antwerp, Joannes Borckx, 1719) 27 November — The Saint-Joseph, from Ostend, sets sail from Canton laden with tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.
Art and architecture
Art objects Silver monstrance (pictured)
Paintings Louis Counet, Allégorie de la Religion, Liège town hall
Buildings Kasteel De Mot, Ternat Lindemansschool, Roosdaal
Publications Bernaert de Jonghe, Belgium Dominicanum sive historia Provinciæ Germaniæ Inferioris sacri ordinis FF. Prædicatorum (Brussels, Francisci Foppens)Belgium Dominicanum on Google Books.
Births 11 June — François-Charles de Velbrück, prince-bishop of Liège (died 1784) 3 December — Jean Charles Joseph de Merode, nobleman (died 1774)
Deaths
Date unknown — Jan Baptist Brueghel (born 1647), painter 6 February — Paul de Bruyn (born 1646), abbot of Park.Franciscus Pauwens, Oratio in exequiis Reverendissimi ac Amplissimi Domini D. Pauli de Bruyn Bruxellensis, Celeberrimi & per-antiqui Parchensis Monasterii Ordinis Praemonstratensis Abbatis trigesimi quarti Anno 1719. die 6. februarii defuncti (Brussels, Aegidius Dams, 1719). 9 March — Peeter van Bredael (born 1629), painter 19 September — Frans Anneessens (born 1660), guildmaster 27 October — François Baert (born 1651), Bollandist 3 December — Adriaen Frans Boudewijns (born 1644), painter
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