Historical Events In 1659

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

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

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   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   On this day in history jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) in the year 1659.   

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   In the year 1659 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

May 25   On this day in history richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector   

May 31   On this day in history netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague   

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

Jul 23   On this day in history antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer   

Aug 01   On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer   

Sep 05   Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 in the year 1659.   

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   In the year 1659 franz Weichlein, composer   

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

Oct 10   On this day in history able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56   

Oct 12   English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals in the year 1659.   

Oct 13   In the year 1659 gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt   

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   Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV on this day in history.   

Nov 17   Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.   

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Jan 17   Antonio Veracini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 08   Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born in the year 1659.   

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

May 16   In the year 1659 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

Jun 03   David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born in the year 1659.   

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   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   In the year 1659 simon Dach, German poet, dies   

Jun 03   In the year 1659 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.