Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   Angelo Predieri, composer in the year 1655.  

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

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

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

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

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

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   On this day in history english admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet  

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

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

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 in the year 1655.  

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

Jul 27   On this day in history jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery  

Jul 28   On this day in history 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 in the year 1655.  

Jul 30   In the year 1655 dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram  

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

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

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

Aug 10   Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 in the year 1655.  

Aug 13   In the year 1655 johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet)  

Aug 28   New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Apr 06   David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) died in the year 1655.  

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

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

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

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