Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   In the year 1655 angelo Predieri, composer  

Jan 22   In the year 1655 geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)  

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

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

Feb 16   In the year 1655 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   On this day in history christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)  

Mar 29   In the year 1655 valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66  

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 in the year 1655.  

Apr 07   Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII on this day in history.  

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

Apr 14   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Apr 26   Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam in the year 1655.  

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

May 04   In the year 1655 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

May 10   On this day in history jamaica captured by English  

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

Jun 13   In the year 1655 adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater  

Jun 26   Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died  

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

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

Jul 31   Russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years on this day in history.  

Aug 02   Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 in the year 1655.  

Aug 09   Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts in the year 1655.  

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   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   Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Feb 03   In the year 1655 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   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born in the year 1655.  

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

Feb 25   On this day in history death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)  

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

Apr 06   On this day in history death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)  

Apr 14   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

Apr 30   On this day in history death of eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)  

Jun 30   On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81  

Jul 15   In the year 1655 death of girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)