Historical Events In 1655

Jan 07   In the year 1655 innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80  

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 03   In the year 1655 montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance  

Mar 25   In the year 1655 christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)  

Mar 29   Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 in the year 1655.  

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates in the year 1655.  

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 in the year 1655.  

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

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

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

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

Jul 28   Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died in the year 1655.  

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

Jul 29   On this day in history biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam  

Jul 30   On this day in history dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram  

Jul 30   Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history 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   On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83  

Aug 09   In the year 1655 lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts  

Aug 10   Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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

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Jan 01   Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728) was born in the year 1655.  

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

Jan 06   In the year 1655 birth of jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of angelo Predieri, composer  

Jan 22   Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) was born in the year 1655.  

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

Feb 07   In the year 1655 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)  

Jan 07   Innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80 in the year 1655.  

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

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

Apr 06   In the year 1655 death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)  

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

Apr 30   In the year 1655 death of eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)  

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

Jul 15   On this day in history death of girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)