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 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history antonio Veracini, composer   

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

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) in the year 1659.   

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

Mar 26   William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher in the year 1659.   

Apr 15   Simon Dach, German poet, dies in the year 1659.   

Apr 22   Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament in the year 1659.   

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

May 22   In the year 1659 france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty   

May 25   In the year 1659 richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector   

May 31   In the year 1659 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague   

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   On this day in history princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II   

Jul 23   Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer   

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) in the year 1659.   

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   On this day in history english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals   

Oct 13   In the year 1659 gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt   

Oct 27   In the year 1659 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

Nov 06   Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer in the year 1659.   

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 on this day in history.   

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Jan 17   On this day in history 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   Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

Jun 03   On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

Jan 16   In the year 1659 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

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

Feb 17   In the year 1659 death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)   

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

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

Jun 03   In the year 1659 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary died in the year 1659.