Historical Events In 1659

Jan 14   In the year 1659 battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish   

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish in the year 1659.   

Jan 17   In the year 1659 antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 18   In the year 1659 benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64   

Jan 21   On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

Jan 24   Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris in the year 1659.   

Feb 01   Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) in the year 1659.   

Feb 11   In the year 1659 the assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.   

Feb 16   1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) on this day in history.   

Feb 16   First known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey in the year 1659.   

Mar 07   On this day in history henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

Mar 26   William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher in the year 1659.   

Apr 15   Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 22   In the year 1659 lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament   

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist in the year 1659.   

May 22   On this day in history france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty   

May 25   Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector on this day in history.   

May 31   Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague in the year 1659.   

Jun 29   On this day in history the Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.   

Jul 16   On this day in history princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II   

Jul 23   Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer   

Sep 05   In the year 1659 pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71   

Sep 30   Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services on this day in history.   

Sep 30   In the year 1659 robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)   

Oct 04   On this day in history franz Weichlein, composer   

Oct 08   In the year 1659 jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary   

Oct 10   Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56 in the year 1659.   

Oct 12   On this day in history english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals   

Oct 13   Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt in the year 1659.   

Oct 27   Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 07   On this day in history peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV   

Nov 17   In the year 1659 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.   

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Jan 17   On this day in history birth of antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 21   Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born in the year 1659.   

Feb 01   In the year 1659 birth of jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 08   On this day in history birth of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)   

Mar 26   William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

Jun 03   On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

Jan 16   Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) died on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1659.   

Feb 17   Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) died on this day in history.   

Feb 27   Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) died on this day in history.   

Apr 15   Simon Dach, German poet, dies in the year 1659.   

Jun 03   On this day in history death of morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)   

Sep 05   In the year 1659 pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71   

Oct 08   Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary died in the year 1659.