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Historical Events Happened In 1657

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Jan 17 On this day in history pieter van Bloemen, [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized

Jan 18 On this day in history hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)

Feb 04 On this day in history oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal

Feb 10 On this day in history sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59

Feb 11 Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds) on this day in history.

Feb 11 On this day in history the birth of Bernard Fontenelle, French scientist.

Mar 07 On this day in history king Louis XIV 1638-1715 prohibits sale of liquor to Indians in New France

Mar 07 Louis XlV prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians on this day in history.

Mar 18 On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer

Mar 23 France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk on this day in history.

Mar 26 On this day in history jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69

Mar 31 On this day in history english Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown

Apr 02 Ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48 on this day in history.

Apr 03 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown on this day in history.

Apr 20 Battle in Santa Cruz Bay, Tenerife: English fleet under Robert Blake sinks Spanish silver fleet on this day in history.

May 05 On this day in history jacques Danican Philidor, composer

May 07 On this day in history louis XlV prohibits the sale of liquor to Indians.

May 09 On this day in history william Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies

Jun 01 On this day in history 1st Quakers arrives in New Amsterdam (NY)

Jun 03 On this day in history manuel de Egues, composer

Jun 14 Cornelis Cruys, [Niels Olsen Creutz], Norwegian/Dutch admiral on this day in history.

Jun 26 On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65

Jul 11 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) on this day in history.

Jul 13 Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert on this day in history.

Jul 25 On this day in history philipp Heinrich Erlebach, composer

Aug 06 On this day in history bohdan Khmelnytsky, Polish-Lithuanian noble

Aug 07 On this day in history robert Blake, English admiral (Dover, Dungeness), dies at about 57

Aug 10 Cornelis Chastelein, Dutch colonial director on this day in history.

Aug 29 John Lilburne, English dissenter on this day in history.

Sep 13 On this day in history jacob van Campen, painter/architect (Amsterdam Townhall), dies at 62

Sep 19 Brandenburg & Poland sign Treaty of Wehlau on this day in history.

Sep 24 On this day in history 1st autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in state of Maryland

Sep 26 Hadji Chalfa/Katib Tsjelebi, Turkish geographer, dies at 48 on this day in history.

Sep 27 On this day in history sophia, regent of Russia (1682-89)

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Famous Birthdays In 1657

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of pieter van Bloemen, [Standaart], Flemish painter, baptized

Jan 18 On this day in history birth of hendrik Casimir II, Dutch Fieldmarshal (Nassau)

Feb 11 Bernard Fontenelle, France, scientist/writer (Plurality of Worlds) was born on this day in history.

Mar 01 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (d. 1740) was born on this day in history.

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer

Mar 24 Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (d. 1725) was born on this day in history.

May 05 On this day in history birth of jacques Danican Philidor, composer

Jun 03 On this day in history birth of manuel de Egues, composer

Famous Deaths In 1657

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Feb 10 Sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59 on this day in history.

Mar 26 Jacob van Eyck, Dutch blind flautist/carillonneur, dies at 69 on this day in history.

Apr 02 On this day in history ferdinand III, King of Hungarian/Bohemia/German Emperor, dies at 48

May 09 William Bradford, Governor (Plymouth Colony, Mass), dies on this day in history.

May 10 On this day in history death of gustaf Horn, Swedish soldier and politician (b. 1592)

May 16 On this day in history death of andrzej Bobola, Polish Jesuit missionary (b. 1591)

Jun 03 On this day in history death of william Harvey, English physician (b. 1578)

Jun 26 On this day in history tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65