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

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

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) in the year 1655.  

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

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

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1655.  

Jun 26   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 28   On this day in history 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   In the year 1655 dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram  

Jul 30   On this day in history sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47  

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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.