Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   In the year 1655 angelo Predieri, composer  

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

Feb 03   Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized in the year 1655.  

Feb 07   Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) in the year 1655.  

Feb 16   Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker in the year 1655.  

Mar 03   Montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance in the year 1655.  

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

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

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

Apr 04   On this day in history battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates  

Apr 07   In the year 1655 fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII  

Apr 08   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 28   English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet in the year 1655.  

May 04   On this day in history bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

May 10   Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.  

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

Jun 13   Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater on this day in history.  

Jun 26   In the year 1655 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

Jun 30   In the year 1655 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81  

Jul 27   Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery in the year 1655.  

Jul 28   In the year 1655 cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died  

Jul 28   In the year 1655 cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris  

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

Jul 30   Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram in the year 1655.  

Jul 30   In the year 1655 sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47  

Jul 31   In the year 1655 russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.  

Aug 02   Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Aug 09   On this day in history lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts  

Aug 10   In the year 1655 louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50  

Aug 13   Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) in the year 1655.  

Aug 28   In the year 1655 new Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service  

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Jan 01   In the year 1655 birth of christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)  

Jan 06   In the year 1655 birth of eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)  

Jan 14   Angelo Predieri, composer was born in the year 1655.  

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

Feb 03   Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born in the year 1655.  

Feb 07   In the year 1655 birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)  

Apr 08   In the year 1655 birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)  

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

Feb 25   Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) died in the year 1655.  

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

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

Apr 14   In the year 1655 johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39  

Apr 30   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617) died in the year 1655.  

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.