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) on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 16   In the year 1655 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   In the year 1655 christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite)   

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

Apr 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1655.   

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

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   English admiral Blake beats Tunen pirate fleet in the year 1655.   

May 04   Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder in the year 1655.   

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

Jun 26   Jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent on this day in history.   

Jun 30   Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81 in the year 1655.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1655 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   In the year 1655 new Amsterdam & Peter Stuyvesant bars Jews from military service   

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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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1655.   

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

Feb 25   In the year 1655 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 on this day in history.   

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

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)