Historical Events In 1659

Jan 14   On this day in history battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish   

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 18   Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect on this day in history.   

Jan 24   In the year 1659 pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris   

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

Feb 11   The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1659 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)   

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   In the year 1659 william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

Apr 22   Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament in the year 1659.   

May 16   On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

May 22   In the year 1659 france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty   

May 25   In the year 1659 richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector   

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

Jun 29   In the year 1659 the Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.   

Jul 16   In the year 1659 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   Antoine Mouque, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 05   On this day in history 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 in the year 1659.   

Sep 30   Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) on this day in history.   

Oct 04   In the year 1659 franz Weichlein, composer   

Oct 08   On this day in history jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary   

Oct 10   Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt on this day in history.   

Oct 27   In the year 1659 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

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

Nov 07   Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV in the year 1659.   

Nov 17   Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain in the year 1659.   

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Jan 17   In the year 1659 birth of antonio Veracini, composer   

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

Feb 01   Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 1659 birth of henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

Mar 08   Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1659 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

May 16   On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1659 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

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

Feb 17   In the year 1659 death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)   

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

Apr 15   On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies   

Jun 03   In the year 1659 death of morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)   

Sep 05   Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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