Historical Events In 1659
Tuesday, 07 April 2020
Jan 14 Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish in the year 1659.
Jan 14 On this day in history battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
Jan 17 Antonio Veracini, composer in the year 1659.
Jan 18 Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
Jan 21 On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
Jan 24 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
Feb 01 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) in the year 1659.
Feb 11 The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses on this day in history.
Feb 16 In the year 1659 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
Feb 16 On this day in history first known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey
Mar 07 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) in the year 1659.
Mar 26 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher on this day in history.
Apr 15 Simon Dach, German poet, dies in the year 1659.
Apr 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament in the year 1659.
May 16 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist in the year 1659.
May 22 France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty on this day in history.
May 25 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector on this day in history.
May 31 Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague in the year 1659.
Jun 29 On this day in history the Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
Jul 16 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II on this day in history.
Jul 23 Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer on this day in history.
Aug 01 On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer
Sep 05 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 in the year 1659.
Sep 30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services on this day in history.
Sep 30 In the year 1659 robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
Oct 04 Franz Weichlein, composer in the year 1659.
Oct 08 On this day in history jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
Oct 10 On this day in history able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
Oct 12 In the year 1659 english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals
Oct 13 Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt on this day in history.
Oct 27 Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.
Nov 06 In the year 1659 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer
Nov 07 On this day in history peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV
Nov 17 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain in the year 1659.
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