Historical Events In 1679

Jan 05   Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1679 explorer and fur trader Cavalier de La Salle reaches Niagara Falls; one of his boats is wrecked on Lake Ontario on this day.   

Jan 09   On this day in history werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45   

Jan 19   On this day in history girolamo Chiti, composer   

Jan 24   On this day in history christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

Jan 24   In the year 1679 king Charles II disbands English parliament   

Jan 27   On this day in history jean-Francois de Troy, French painter   

Jan 31   In the year 1679 jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris   

Feb 03   On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

Feb 05   In the year 1679 german emperor Leopold I signs peace with France   

Feb 05   On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

Feb 14   In the year 1679 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer   

Feb 24   On this day in history domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer   

Mar 27   On this day in history abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38   

Apr 03   In the year 1679 edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig   

Apr 17   John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 in the year 1679.   

Apr 18   In the year 1679 hofmannswaldau, writer, dies   

May 01   Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.   

May 12   Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer in the year 1679.   

May 14   In the year 1679 peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

May 27   On this day in history habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK   

Jun 01   Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish on this day in history.   

Jun 01   Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   On this day in history jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried   

Jun 27   Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1679.   

Jul 02   Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth in the year 1679.   

Jul 08   On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies   

Jul 12   On this day in history britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act   

Aug 20   On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

Sep 01   In the year 1679 great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people   

Sep 17   In the year 1679 juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50   

Sep 18   On this day in history new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony   

Sep 20   Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51 in the year 1679.   

Sep 28   Mihael Omerza, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   Girolamo Chiti, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

Jan 27   In the year 1679 birth of jean-Francois de Troy, French painter   

Feb 14   On this day in history birth of georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer   

Feb 24   Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born in the year 1679.   

Mar 18   Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759) was born in the year 1679.   

May 12   In the year 1679 birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

Jan 09   Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1679.   

Jan 14   On this day in history death of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)   

Feb 03   On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

Feb 05   In the year 1679 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

Mar 16   John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) died on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) died in the year 1679.   

Mar 27   On this day in history abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38   

Apr 17   John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.