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Historical Events Happened In 1679

Saturday, 18 May 2013

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 Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.

Jan 19 Girolamo Chiti, composer on this day in history.

Jan 24 On this day in history christian von Wolff, German philosopher

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

Jan 27 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter on this day in history.

Jan 31 On this day in history 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 On this day in history german emperor Leopold I signs peace with France

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

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

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

Mar 27 Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 on this day in history.

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

Apr 17 On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53

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 On this day in history giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer

May 14 Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer on this day in history.

May 27 On this day in history habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK

Jun 01 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

Jun 27 On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68

Jul 02 On this day in history europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.

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 on this day in history.

Aug 20 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.

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 on this day in history.

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

Sep 28 On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer

Oct 16 Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In 1679

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of girolamo Chiti, composer

Jan 24 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on this day in history.

Jan 27 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter was born on this day in history.

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

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

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)

May 12 On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer

Famous Deaths In 1679

Famous People Died In This Year In History

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

Jan 14 On this day in history death of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)

Feb 03 On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53

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

Mar 16 On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)

Mar 26 On this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)

Mar 27 On this day in history abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38

Apr 17 On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53