Historical Events In 1659

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

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

Jan 17   In the year 1659 antonio Veracini, composer   

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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris   

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

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

Feb 16   1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Apr 15   In the year 1659 simon Dach, German poet, dies   

Apr 22   In the year 1659 lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament   

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II in the year 1659.   

Jul 23   Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer in the year 1659.   

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   Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services in the year 1659.   

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   In the year 1659 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 in the year 1659.   

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

Oct 27   On this day in history marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

Nov 06   On this day in history theodor Schwartzkopff, composer   

Nov 07   On this day in history peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV   

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   In the year 1659 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

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

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

Mar 08   On this day in history birth of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)   

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

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born in the year 1659.   

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   Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1659.   

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

Feb 27   On this day in history 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   Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619) died 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   

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