Historical Events In 1659

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1659 antonio Veracini, composer   

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

Jan 21   In the year 1659 adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

Jan 24   Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

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

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) in the year 1659.   

Feb 16   On this day in history first known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey   

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

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

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

Apr 22   Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament on this day in history.   

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

May 22   France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty in the year 1659.   

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

Jul 16   Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II on this day in history.   

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

Aug 01   Antoine Mouque, composer in the year 1659.   

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

Sep 30   In the year 1659 peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services   

Sep 30   On this day in history robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)   

Oct 04   Franz Weichlein, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1659 able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56   

Oct 12   In the year 1659 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   In the year 1659 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

Nov 06   Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer in the year 1659.   

Nov 07   Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 in the year 1659.   

Mar 08   In the year 1659 birth of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)   

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   On this day in history death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

Jan 18   On this day in history benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64   

Feb 17   Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) died in the year 1659.   

Feb 27   In the year 1659 death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)   

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

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

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

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