Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   On this day in history angelo Predieri, composer  

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

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

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

Feb 16   Dutch Grand Pensionary advisor Johan de Witt marries Wendela Bicker on this day in history.  

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   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   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 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   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   In the year 1655 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder  

May 10   In the year 1655 jamaica captured by English  

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

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

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   In the year 1655 jews of New Amsterdam petition for a Jewish cemetery  

Jul 28   In the year 1655 cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died  

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

Jul 29   Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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

Jul 30   Sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47 in the year 1655.  

Jul 31   In the year 1655 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   In the year 1655 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   On this day in history louis de Vadder, Flemish painter, dies at 50  

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   On this day in history birth of christian Thomasius, German jurist (d. 1728)  

Jan 06   Eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720) was born in the year 1655.  

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

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

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

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

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   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 in the year 1655.  

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