Historical Events In 1659
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Jan 14 Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.
Jan 14 In the year 1659 battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
Jan 17 On this day in history antonio Veracini, composer
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 In the year 1659 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 in the year 1659.
Feb 16 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) in the year 1659.
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) on this day in history.
Mar 26 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher on this day in history.
Apr 15 On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies
Apr 22 On this day in history lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
May 16 In the year 1659 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
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 on this day in history.
Jun 29 In the year 1659 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 On this day in history antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer
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 On this day in history peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services
Sep 30 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) on this day in history.
Oct 04 Franz Weichlein, composer in the year 1659.
Oct 08 Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary in the year 1659.
Oct 10 In the year 1659 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 Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV in the year 1659.
Nov 17 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain in the year 1659.
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