Historical Events In 1655

Aug 29   Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw on this day in history.  

Sep 03   Jan W van Brederode, Dutch governor/field marshal, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Tristan l'Hermite, French dramatist/poet, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history sebastien de Brossard, composer  

Sep 19   Jan Luyts, Netherlands, scholar/physicist/mathematician/astronomer in the year 1655.  

Sep 26   Peter Stuyvesant recaptures Dutch Ft Casimir from Swedish in Delaware on this day in history.  

Oct 09   Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Krakow in the year 1655.  

Oct 15   Jews of Lublin are massacred on this day in history.  

Oct 24   Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

Nov 03   England & France sign miltary & economic treaties in the year 1655.  

Nov 24   In the year 1655 charles XI, King of Sweden (1660-97)  

Nov 24   In the year 1655 english Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans  

Dec 04   Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1655.  

Jan 14   Angelo Predieri, composer was born in the year 1655.  

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

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

Feb 07   In the year 1655 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 in the year 1655.  

Feb 25   In the year 1655 death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)  

Mar 29   In the year 1655 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   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   On this day in history death of girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)