Events from the 1590s in the Spanish Netherlands and Prince-bishopric of Liège.
Incumbents
Habsburg Netherlands
Monarch
Philip II, King of Spain and Duke of Brabant, of Luxembourg, etc. to September 1598 Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as co-sovereigns from September 1598.
Governor General
Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, to 1592
Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort 1592–1594
Archduke Ernest of Austria 1594–1595
Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes, acting governor general 1595–1596
Albert VII, Archduke of Austria 1596–1598
Margrave Andrew of Burgau, acting governor general 1598–1599
Prince-Bishopric of Liège
Prince-Bishop
Ernest of Bavaria
Events
1590
4 March – Loss of Breda
1591
1592
28 May – Diocesan Seminary of Liège opens
1593
1594
Joyous Entry into Brussels and Antwerp of Archduke Ernest of Austria
1595
7 to 20 March – Siege of Huy
14 October – Loss and retaking of Lier
1596
24 April – Taking of Calais
23 May – Taking of Ardres
1597
24 January – Battle of Turnhout
1598
2 May – Peace of Vervins concluded
1599
18 April – Marriage of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria 5 September – Joyous Entry into Brussels of Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert VII, Archduke of Austria, as co-sovereigns
Births
1590
Jacques Backereel
Frederik Bouttats the Elder
Christophe Butkens
Andries van Eertvelt
Hubertus Reulandt
Daniel Seghers
Caesar Joachim Trognaesius
1591
Jacques Fouquier
Nicolas Régnier
Jan Roos (painter) Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre Johann von Werth 1592 Balthasar Cordier Balthazar Gerbier Pieter Snayers Jean de Wachtendonck Cornelis de Wael Lucas de Wael 1593 Adriaen de Bie 1594
