Historical Events In 1679

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

Jan 08   Explorer and fur trader Cavalier de La Salle reaches Niagara Falls; one of his boats is wrecked on Lake Ontario on this day on this day in history.   

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

Jan 19   In the year 1679 girolamo Chiti, composer   

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

Jan 24   King Charles II disbands English parliament in the year 1679.   

Jan 27   Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter on this day in history.   

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

Feb 03   Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France in the year 1679.   

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

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   In the year 1679 abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53   

Apr 18   On this day in history 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   Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer in the year 1679.   

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

Jun 01   Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish in the year 1679.   

Jun 01   Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim) in the year 1679.   

Jun 03   Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried in the year 1679.   

Jun 27   On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68   

Jul 02   On this day in history europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.   

Jul 08   In the year 1679 samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies   

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

Aug 20   Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 in the year 1679.   

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

Sep 17   Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony on this day in history.   

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

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

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Jan 05   Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born in the year 1679.   

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

Jan 24   Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born in the year 1679.   

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

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

Feb 24   In the year 1679 birth of domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer   

Mar 18   Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 09   Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

Jan 14   Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602) died in the year 1679.   

Feb 03   Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 in the year 1679.   

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

Mar 16   On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

Mar 26   On this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

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.