Historical Events In 1679

Jan 05   In the year 1679 pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer   

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

Jan 09   On this day in history werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45   

Jan 19   In the year 1679 girolamo Chiti, composer   

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

Jan 24   On this day in history king Charles II disbands English parliament   

Jan 27   Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter in the year 1679.   

Jan 31   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer   

Mar 27   Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 in the year 1679.   

Apr 03   On this day in history edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig   

Apr 17   John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1679 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

May 14   In the year 1679 peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer   

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

Jun 01   In the year 1679 battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish   

Jun 01   Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 27   Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1679.   

Jul 02   Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth in the year 1679.   

Jul 08   Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on this day in history.   

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

Aug 20   In the year 1679 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

Sep 01   Great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people in the year 1679.   

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

Sep 18   On this day in history new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1679 mihael Omerza, composer   

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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   In the year 1679 birth of jean-Francois de Troy, French painter   

Feb 14   On this day in history birth of georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer   

Feb 24   Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born in the year 1679.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   In the year 1679 werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45   

Jan 14   In the year 1679 death of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)   

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

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

Mar 16   In the year 1679 death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

Mar 26   In the year 1679 death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

Mar 27   Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 in the year 1679.   

Apr 17   In the year 1679 john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53