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   In the year 1655 geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)  

Feb 03   Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized in the year 1655.  

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

Feb 16   In the year 1655 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   On this day in history christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)  

Mar 29   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1655.  

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   Jamaica captured by English on this day in history.  

May 13   Innocent XIII, [Michelangiolo dei Conti], Italy, 244th Pope (1721-24) on this day in history.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 28   Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1655 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) on this day in history.  

Aug 28   New Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   In the year 1655 birth of christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)  

Jan 06   In the year 1655 birth of eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)  

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

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

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

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

Feb 07   On this day in history birth of jean-Francois Regnard, French comedy writer (Slave in Algeria)  

Apr 08   In the year 1655 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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