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Historical Events Happened In 1659

Saturday, 25 May 2013

Jan 14 Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.

Jan 14 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.

Jan 17 Antonio Veracini, composer on this day in history.

Jan 18 On this day in history benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64

Jan 21 On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect

Jan 24 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris

Feb 01 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) on this day in history.

Feb 11 On this day in history the assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.

Feb 16 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) on this day in history.

Feb 16 On this day in history first known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey

Mar 07 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) on this day in history.

Mar 26 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher on this day in history.

Apr 15 On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies

Apr 22 On this day in history lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament

May 16 On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist

May 22 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty

May 25 On this day in history richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector

May 31 Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague on this day in history.

Jun 29 The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop on this day in history.

Jul 16 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II on this day in history.

Jul 23 On this day in history antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer

Aug 01 On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer

Sep 05 On this day in history pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71

Sep 30 On this day in history peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services

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 Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on this day in history.

Oct 10 On this day in history able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56

Oct 12 On this day in history english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals

Oct 13 On this day in history gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt

Oct 27 Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.

Nov 06 On this day in history theodor Schwartzkopff, composer

Nov 07 On this day in history peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV

Nov 17 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In 1659

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 17 On this day in history birth of antonio Veracini, composer

Jan 21 On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect

Feb 01 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) was born on this day in history.

Mar 07 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on this day in history.

Mar 08 Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.

Mar 26 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.

May 16 On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist

Jun 03 On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)

Famous Deaths In 1659

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 16 On this day in history death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)

Jan 18 On this day in history benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64

Feb 17 On this day in history death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)

Feb 27 On this day in history death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)

Apr 15 On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies

Jun 03 Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619) died 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.

Oct 08 On this day in history death of jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary