Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   On this day in history angelo Predieri, composer   

Jan 22   In the year 1655 geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)   

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   On this day in history dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker   

Mar 03   On this day in history montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance   

Mar 25   In the year 1655 christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)   

Mar 29   On this day in history valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66   

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates in the year 1655.   

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates in the year 1655.   

Apr 07   In the year 1655 fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII   

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

Apr 14   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 28   English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 30   On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81   

Jul 27   In the year 1655 jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery   

Jul 28   Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died in the year 1655.   

Jul 28   On this day in history cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris   

Jul 29   On this day in history biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam   

Jul 30   Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1655.   

Jul 31   On this day in history 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   Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 in the year 1655.   

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

Aug 10   On this day in history louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50   

Aug 13   On this day in history johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)   

Aug 28   In the year 1655 new Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service   

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

Jan 06   Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) was born in the year 1655.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)   

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

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

Feb 03   Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born in the year 1655.   

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1655 valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66   

Apr 06   In the year 1655 death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)   

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

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

Jun 30   On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81   

Jul 15   Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) died on this day in history.