Historical Events In 1679
Tuesday, 18 February 2025
Jan 05 On this day in history pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
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 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 King Charles II disbands English parliament on this day in history.
Jan 27 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter in the year 1679.
Jan 31 In the year 1679 jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris
Feb 03 On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
Feb 05 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France in the year 1679.
Feb 05 On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
Feb 14 Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer in the year 1679.
Feb 24 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer in the year 1679.
Mar 27 On this day in history abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
Apr 03 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig in the year 1679.
Apr 17 On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
Apr 18 Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies on this day in history.
May 01 On this day in history esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43
May 12 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer in the year 1679.
May 14 On this day in history peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
May 27 On this day in history 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) in the year 1679.
Jun 03 In the year 1679 jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried
Jun 27 On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
Jul 02 Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth on this day in history.
Jul 08 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies in the year 1679.
Jul 12 On this day in history britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act
Aug 20 In the year 1679 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
Sep 01 On this day in history great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people
Sep 17 On this day in history juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50
Sep 18 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1679.
Sep 20 On this day in history cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
Sep 28 On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer
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