Historical Events In 1679

Jan 05   In the year 1679 pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer   

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   Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history girolamo Chiti, composer   

Jan 24   In the year 1679 christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

Jan 24   King Charles II disbands English parliament on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 03   In the year 1679 jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

Feb 05   German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France on this day in history.   

Feb 05   Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 in the year 1679.   

Feb 14   Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer in the year 1679.   

Feb 24   Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 17   In the year 1679 john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53   

Apr 18   Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies in the year 1679.   

May 01   On this day in history esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

May 12   In the year 1679 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

May 14   Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer on this day in history.   

May 27   In the year 1679 habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK   

Jun 01   In the year 1679 battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish   

Jun 01   On this day in history johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim)   

Jun 03   In the year 1679 jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried   

Jun 27   Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 08   Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies in the year 1679.   

Jul 12   Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act in the year 1679.   

Aug 20   Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   Great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people on this day in history.   

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

Sep 18   New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1679.   

Sep 20   Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Mihael Omerza, composer in the year 1679.   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1679 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

Jan 24   Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Mar 18   On this day in history birth of matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)   

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

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

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

Feb 03   In the year 1679 jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

Feb 05   Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) died in the year 1679.   

Mar 26   Johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621) died on this day in history.   

Mar 27   Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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