Historical Events In 1659
Sunday, 16 February 2025
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 On this day in history antonio Veracini, composer
Jan 18 Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
Jan 21 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect on this day in history.
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 On this day in history the assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
Feb 16 On this day in history 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
Feb 16 First known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.
Mar 07 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) in the year 1659.
Mar 26 In the year 1659 william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher
Apr 15 Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.
Apr 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament in the year 1659.
May 16 In the year 1659 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
May 22 France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty in the year 1659.
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 In the year 1659 the Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
Jul 16 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II in the year 1659.
Jul 23 In the year 1659 antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer
Aug 01 Antoine Mouque, composer on this day in history.
Sep 05 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 on this day in history.
Sep 30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1659 english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals
Oct 13 Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt on this day in history.
Oct 27 Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.
Nov 06 Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer in the year 1659.
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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