Historical Events In 1655

Jan 07   On this day in history innocentius X, [Giambattista Pamfili], pope (1644-55), dies at 80  

Jan 14   In the year 1655 angelo Predieri, composer  

Jan 22   Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) in the year 1655.  

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   Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker in the year 1655.  

Mar 03   On this day in history montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance  

Mar 25   In the year 1655 christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)  

Mar 29   On this day in history valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66  

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history battle at Postage Farina, Tunis: English fleet beats Barbarian pirates  

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

Apr 08   In the year 1655 louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden)  

Apr 14   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1655.  

Apr 26   Dutch West Indies Co denies Peter Stuyvesant's desire to exclude Jews from New Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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

May 04   In the year 1655 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 30   In the year 1655 dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram  

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   On this day in history alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83  

Aug 09   On this day in history lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts  

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

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   Christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728) was born in the year 1655.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)  

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

Jan 14   In the year 1655 birth of angelo Predieri, composer  

Jan 22   Geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand) was born in the year 1655.  

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

Feb 07   Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria) was born in the year 1655.  

Apr 08   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born in the year 1655.  

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

Feb 25   On this day in history death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)  

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

Apr 06   David Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591) died in the year 1655.  

Apr 14   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1655.  

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 in the year 1655.  

Jul 15   On this day in history death of girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)