Historical Events In 1655

Jan 07   On this day in history innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80   

Jan 14   Angelo Predieri, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 22   Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) in the year 1655.   

Feb 03   In the year 1655 francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized   

Feb 07   On this day in history jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

Feb 16   Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker in the year 1655.   

Mar 03   Montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance in the year 1655.   

Mar 25   Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) in the year 1655.   

Mar 29   Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 in the year 1655.   

Apr 04   In the year 1655 battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates   

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates on this day in history.   

Apr 07   Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII in the year 1655.   

Apr 08   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) in the year 1655.   

Apr 14   On this day in history johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39   

Apr 26   Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam in the year 1655.   

Apr 28   On this day in history english admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet   

May 04   Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder in the year 1655.   

May 10   Jamaica captured by English in the year 1655.   

May 13   Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) in the year 1655.   

Jun 13   In the year 1655 adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater   

Jun 26   On this day in history jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

Jun 30   Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery   

Jul 28   On this day in history cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died   

Jul 28   Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.   

Jul 30   On this day in history dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram   

Jul 30   On this day in history sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47   

Jul 31   In the year 1655 russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.   

Aug 02   On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83   

Aug 09   Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts in the year 1655.   

Aug 10   Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 in the year 1655.   

Aug 13   Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) on this day in history.   

Aug 28   New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service in the year 1655.   

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Jan 01   Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728) was born in the year 1655.   

Jan 06   In the year 1655 birth of eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)   

Jan 06   Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 14   In the year 1655 birth of angelo Predieri, composer   

Jan 22   Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1655 birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)   

Apr 08   On this day in history birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)   

Jan 07   On this day in history innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80   

Feb 25   Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) died in the year 1655.   

Mar 29   Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Apr 06   On this day in history death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)   

Apr 14   In the year 1655 johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39   

Apr 30   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617) died in the year 1655.   

Jun 30   Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 in the year 1655.   

Jul 15   Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) died in the year 1655.