Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   On this day in history angelo Predieri, composer  

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

Feb 03   In the year 1655 francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

Feb 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1655.  

Mar 25   On this day in history christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)  

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

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   On this day in history fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII  

Apr 08   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1655.  

May 04   Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder on this day in history.  

May 10   Jamaica captured by English in the year 1655.  

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

Jun 13   Adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater on this day in history.  

Jun 26   Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent in the year 1655.  

Jun 30   On this day in history 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 in the year 1655.  

Jul 28   On this day in history cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris  

Jul 29   On this day in history biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam  

Jul 30   Dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

Jul 31   On this day in history russo-Polish War (1654-1667): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.  

Aug 02   Alfonso de la Cueva, Spanish marquis of Bedmar/diplomat, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

Aug 09   Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts in the year 1655.  

Aug 10   On this day in history 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   Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705) was born in the year 1655.  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of angelo Predieri, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580) died in the year 1655.  

Mar 29   Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 in the year 1655.  

Apr 06   On this day in history death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)  

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

Apr 30   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617) died in the year 1655.  

Jun 30   In the year 1655 jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81  

Jul 15   In the year 1655 death of girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570)