1719 in Belgium
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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.[1]
- 5 February — The Saint-Joseph sets sail from Ostend for Canton.[2]
- 3 August — The Saint-Joseph from Ostend arrives in Canton.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 19 September — Frans Anneessens beheaded in Brussels.[4]
- 16 October — Bishop Hendrik Jozef van Susteren reopens Bruges seminary (closed in 1632).[1]
- 22 October — Confraternity of St Joseph re-established in Bruges.[5]
- 16 November — Oratorian College, Mechelen, celebrates a former student, Henricus van Gaemeren, graduating from Leuven University as first in his year.[6]
- 27 November — The Saint-Joseph, from Ostend, sets sail from Canton laden with tea, porcelain, silk, and Chinese roots.[2]
Art and architecture
- Art objects
- Silver monstrance (pictured)
- Paintings
- Louis Counet, Allégorie de la Religion, Liège town hall
- Buildings
Publications
- Bernaert de Jonghe, Belgium Dominicanum sive historia Provinciæ Germaniæ Inferioris sacri ordinis FF. Prædicatorum (Brussels, Francisci Foppens)[7]
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.[8]
- 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
References
- ^ a b A. C. De Schrevel, "Susteren (Henri-Joseph van)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 24 (Brussels, 1926-1929), 287-311.
- ^ a b c J. Mertens, "Oostende – Kanton – Oostende, 1719–1720", in Doorheen de nationale geschiedenis, vol. 1 (State Archives in Belgium, Brussels, 1980), pp. 224–228.
- ^ "De beul van Brussel", Brussel: Waar is de Tijd, 6 (1999), p. 139.
- ^ Alphonse Wauters, "Anneessens, François", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 1 (Brussels, 1866), 300–317.
- ^ Rond den Heerd, vol. 2, number 16 (16 March 1867), p. 123.
- ^ Verhael der in-haeling van den heere Henricus van Gaemeren eersten van Loven (Antwerp, Joannes Borckx, 1719)
- ^ Belgium Dominicanum on Google Books.
- ^ 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).