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Historical Events Happened In 1655

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Jan 07 Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80 on this day in history.

Jan 14 Angelo Predieri, composer on this day in history.

Jan 22 Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) on this day in history.

Feb 03 On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized

Feb 07 Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) on this day in history.

Feb 16 On this day in history dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker

Mar 03 On this day in history montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance

Mar 25 Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) on this day in history.

Mar 29 On this day in history valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66

Apr 04 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates on this day in history.

Apr 04 Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates on this day in history.

Apr 07 Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII on this day in history.

Apr 08 On this day in history louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)

Apr 14 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.

Apr 26 Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam on this day in history.

Apr 28 On this day in history english admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet

May 04 Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder on this day in history.

May 10 On this day in history jamaica captured by English

May 13 Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) on this day in history.

Jun 13 On this day in history adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater

Jun 26 On this day in history jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent

Jun 30 On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81

Jul 27 On this day in history jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery

Jul 28 On this day in history cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died

Jul 28 Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris on this day in history.

Jul 29 Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.

Jul 30 Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram on this day in history.

Jul 30 On this day in history sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47

Jul 31 Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years on this day in history.

Aug 02 On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83

Aug 09 Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts on this day in history.

Aug 10 On this day in history louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50

Aug 13 On this day in history johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)

Aug 28 On this day in history new Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service

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Famous Birthdays In 1655

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 01 On this day in history birth of christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)

Jan 06 On this day in history birth of eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)

Jan 06 Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.

Jan 14 Angelo Predieri, composer was born on this day in history.

Jan 22 On this day in history birth of geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)

Feb 03 Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.

Feb 07 On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)

Apr 08 On this day in history birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)

Famous Deaths In 1655

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 07 On this day in history innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80

Feb 25 Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) died on this day in history.

Mar 29 Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.

Apr 06 David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) died on this day in history.

Apr 14 On this day in history johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39

Apr 30 Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617) died on this day in history.

Jun 30 On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81

Jul 15 Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) died on this day in history.