Events in the year 1650 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 – Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Prince-Bishopric of Liège Prince-Bishop – Ferdinand of Bavaria (died 13 September); succeeded by Maximilian Henry of Bavaria

Events 5 January – Governor General Leopold William issues decree for the conservation of Nieppe Forest 22 January – Jean-Baptiste della Faille appointed president of the Council of FlandersAuguste Vander Meersch, "Faille (Jean-Baptiste della)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 6 (Brussels, 1878), 851-852. 13 April – City of Brussels confirms the statutes of the College of Medicine (established 1649) after appeals from apothecaries against its jurisdiction over medicines. 20 April – Governor General Leopold William lays the foundation stone of the new pilgrimage church in Jezus-Eik 28 May – City of Antwerp imposes speed limits on wagons travelling within the city 25 June – Two Englishmen arrested as thieves escape from Het Steen in Antwerp 14 July – Decree against counterfeit coin imported into the Spanish Netherlands from the territory of Liège 16 July – New regulations issued for the book trade in the city of Brussels 24 November – City of Antwerp prohibits the shooting of firearms within the city after the ringing of the bell for the closing of the city gates. 17 December – Treaty of navigation and commerce concluded between Philip IV of Spain and the Dutch Republic

Art and architecture Buildings

Work begins on Church of Our Lady, Jezus-Eik, to designs attributed to Jacob Franquart Cloister of St. Bernard's Abbey, Hemiksem, completed Entrance gate to Savoy College, Leuven

Paintings Jacob Jordaens, Allegorical Portrait of a Family ()

Publications Recueil des traittez de paix, treves et neutralité entre les couronnes d'Espagne et de France (second edition, Antwerp, Plantin Press)Recueil des traittez de paix on Google Books Francesco Amico, Cursus Theologice Scholastice, 9 volumes (Antwerp) Cornelis de Bie, Den groeyenden Lierschen blom-hof (Antwerp, Jacob II Mesens) Willebrord Bosschaerts, Διατριβαι de primis veteris Frisiae apostolis (Mechelen, Robert Jaye) Philippe Brasseur, Origines omnium Hannoniae Coenobiorum octo libris breviter digestae (Mons, Jean Havart) Jean Jacques Chifflet, Alsatia, jure proprietatis et protectionis, Philippo IV. regi catholico vindicata (Antwerp, Plantin Press)Jean Jacques Chifflet, Alsatia (1650) on Google Books Jules Chifflet, Aula sacra principum Belgii; sive Commentarius historicus de capellae regiae in Belgio (Antwerp, Plantin Press) Jean de Chokier de Surlet, Facis historiarum (Liège Léonard de Streel)Facis historiarum at Munich Digitization Center Joan de Grieck, Den wysen geck, uyt-deylende, soo oude, als nieuwe geestigheden (Ghent, C. Meyer) Olivier de Wree, Historiae comitum Flandriae libri prodromi duo (Bruges, Lucas van den Kerchove)Historiae comitum Flandriae on Google Books Pierre Loycx, Oorspronck ende voortganck van S. Willebortsprochie buyten Antwerpen. Met een cort verhael van het leven vanden H. Willebrordus, ende mitsgaeders van het miraculeus beldt der Alderh. Moeder Godts Maria, aldaer berustende (Antwerp, Jacob Mesens) Lodewijk Makeblijde, Den vriendelijcken adieu in de swaere ende laetste reyse des doodts (Antwerp, Cornelis Woons)Lodewijk Makeblijde, Den vriendelijcken adieu (1650) on Google Books Pierre de Méan, Recueil des points marquez pour coustumes du pays de Liège (Liège, Léonard de Streel)Recueil des points marquez pour coustumes du pays de Liège at uliege.be Gabriel Meurier, Thresor de sentences dorees dicts proverbes, refrains & dictions communs en quatre langues (latin, espagnol, thiois & françois) (Brussels, Hubert II Anthoine) Jan Mommaert, Het Brabandts nachtegaelken (Brussels, Jan Mommaert)Mommaert, Brabandts nachtegaelken (1650) on Google Books Pierre Parisot, Linguae Gallicae institutiones ad usum iuventutis collegii Porcensis Lovanii (Leuven, Cornelis Coenesteyn) Matthias Pauli, De Leere des Hemels dat is de glorie des H. Cruys (Liège, Léonard de Streel) Vincent Stochove, Voyage du Levant (Brussels, Huybrecht II Anthoon Velpius) Bernardinus Surius, Den godtvruchtighen pelgrim ofte Jerusalemsche reyse (Brussels, Jan Mommaert the Younger)Bernardinus Surius, Den godtvruchtighen pelgrim (1650) on Google Books Anthonius Triest, Rationes motivae ob quas visum fuit R.mo episcopo Gandensi non expedire in dioecesi sua Gandensi solitis solemnitatibus publicare certam bullam adversus librum defuncti R.mi episcopi Ipsrensis Iansenij (Ghent, anonymous) Arnout Van Geluwe, Catholijcken echo, ofte Waeren Gendtschen weder-galm, teghen de stemme van onse ghepretendeerde ghereformeerde eerste deel (Antwerp, Widow of Jan Cnobbaert)Catholijcken echo, part 1, second edition, on Google Books Arnout Van Geluwe, Het derde deel, vanden Catholycken echo, ofte waeren Gendtschen weder-galm teghen een ghepretendeert ghereformeert sermoon (Antwerp, Widow of Jan Cnobbaert)Arnout Van Geluwe, Catholycken echo, part 3, on Google Books Arnout Van Geluwe, Kort verhael van een achthien-jarighe Hollandtsche reyse, ghewandelt van eenen Vlaemschen boer (Antwerp, widow of Jan Cnobbaert) Nicolaus Vernulaeus, Imperatorum symbola praeclaris regum, principumque nec-non variorum scriptorum exemplis illustrata (Leuven, Josse Coppens) Paul Weerts, Cort begryp vande vruchten die de Seraphinsche Ordre der Minder-Broeders inde vier deelen der werelt heeft ghedaan besonderlijck vande bekeeringhe vande nieuwe werelt (Antwerp, Arnout van Brakel)

Performances Absalon rebellis filius David mansuetus pater dabitur (Brussels, Hubert Antonius Velpius), performed at the Jesuit College in Brussels on 12 September Le balet du monde, accompagné d'une comedie en musique (Brussels, Huybrecht II Anthoon Velpius), performed at the palace in Brussels, Carnival 1650, to celebrate the royal weddingLe balet du monde on Google Books Gioseffo Zamponi, Ulisse all'isola di Circe (Brussels, Huybrecht II Anthoon Velpius), musical drama performed at the Palace in Brussels

Periodicals Den Ordinarissen Postilioen (Antwerp, Martin Binnart) Relations veritables, edited by Pierre Hugonet (Brussels, printed by Guillaume Scheybels to be sold by Guillaume Hacquebaud)

Births 14 February – Jan van Helmont, painter (died between 1714 and 1734) 16 April – Hyacinthe-Marie de Brouchoven, statesman (died 1707) 21 October – Jean Bart, privateer (died 1702) 28 November – Jan Palfijn, obstetrician (died 1730) 18 December – Angelus d'Ongnies, clergyman (died 1722)

Deaths 9 March – Joannes Storms (born 1559), mathematician 29 March – Cornelis Galle the Elder (born 1576), engraver 8 April – Pieter van Mol (born 1599), painter 12 June (burial) – Antoon Sallaert (born 1594), artist 13 September – Ferdinand of Bavaria (born 1577), Prince-Bishop of Liège 30 September – Christophe Butkens (born 1590), Cistercian

Date uncertain Philippe François de Croy (born 1609), nobleman Jan Janssens (born 1590), painter Hendrik Hondius I (1573–), cartographer Martin Droeshout (1601–), engraver

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