Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   On this day in history angelo Predieri, composer  

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

Feb 03   On this day in history francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

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

Feb 16   On this day in history dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker  

Mar 03   Montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance on this day in history.  

Mar 25   Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) in the year 1655.  

Mar 29   In the year 1655 valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66  

Apr 04   In the year 1655 battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates  

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates in the year 1655.  

Apr 07   Fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII on this day in history.  

Apr 08   On this day in history louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)  

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

Apr 26   Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam in the year 1655.  

Apr 28   English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet on this day in history.  

May 04   On this day in history bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

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

May 13   In the year 1655 innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24)  

Jun 13   In the year 1655 adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater  

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   Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died in the year 1655.  

Jul 28   Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris on this day in history.  

Jul 29   Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam in the year 1655.  

Jul 30   Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram in the year 1655.  

Jul 30   In the year 1655 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 in the year 1655.  

Aug 02   Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 in the year 1655.  

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

Aug 10   In the year 1655 louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50  

Aug 13   On this day in history 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   Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728) was born in the year 1655.  

Jan 06   Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) was born in the year 1655.  

Jan 06   In the year 1655 birth of jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)  

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

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   Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) was born in the year 1655.  

Apr 08   On this day in history birth of louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)  

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

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

Mar 29   Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Apr 06   David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) died on this day in history.  

Apr 14   In the year 1655 johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39  

Apr 30   In the year 1655 death of eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)  

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.