Historical Events In 1659

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

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish in the year 1659.   

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 in the year 1659.   

Feb 01   On this day in history 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   First known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   In the year 1659 william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

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

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

May 22   France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty on this day in history.   

May 25   Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector on this day in history.   

May 31   Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 01   Antoine Mouque, composer in the year 1659.   

Sep 05   On this day in history 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   Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history franz Weichlein, composer   

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   In the year 1659 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer   

Nov 07   In the year 1659 peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV   

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

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Jan 17   Antonio Veracini, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   On this day in history birth of jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1659 birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

Jun 03   David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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   Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) died on this day in history.   

Apr 15   In the year 1659 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   Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 in the year 1659.   

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