Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   Angelo Predieri, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Mar 03   In the year 1655 montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance   

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

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

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

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

Apr 07   In the year 1655 fabio Chigi replaces Pope Innocent X as Alexander VII   

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

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

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

Apr 28   In the year 1655 english admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet   

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

May 10   In the year 1655 jamaica captured by English   

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

Jun 13   On this day in history adriana Nooseman-van de Bergh is 1st actress in Amsterdam theater   

Jun 26   In the year 1655 jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

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

Jul 27   Jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery in the year 1655.   

Jul 28   On this day in history cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died   

Jul 28   Cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris in the year 1655.   

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

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

Jul 30   In the year 1655 sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47   

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

Aug 10   Louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Aug 13   Johann Christoph Denner, inventor (clarinet) in the year 1655.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)   

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

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

Feb 03   In the year 1655 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   Louis Willem I, Margrave (Baden-Baden) was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1655 death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)   

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

Apr 30   Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617) died on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

Jul 15   Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) died in the year 1655.