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

Feb 07   Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Apr 07   Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII in the year 1655.  

Apr 08   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) in the year 1655.  

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

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

Apr 28   In the year 1655 english admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet  

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

May 10   In the year 1655 jamaica captured by English  

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

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

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

Jun 30   Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris  

Jul 29   Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam in the year 1655.  

Jul 30   Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1655.  

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 in the year 1655.  

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

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   In the year 1655 johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

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   Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) was born in the year 1655.  

Jan 06   Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1655 birth of angelo Predieri, composer  

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

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 in the year 1655.  

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

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

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

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)