Historical Events In 1655

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

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

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

Feb 03   Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized on this day in history.  

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

Mar 25   Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 04   Battle at Postage Farina, Tunis English fleet beats Barbarian pirates in the year 1655.  

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

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   In the year 1655 jamaica captured by English  

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

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

Jun 26   On this day in history jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   In the year 1655 dutch troops occupy Fort Assahudi Seram  

Jul 30   On this day in history sigmund Theophil Staden, composer, dies at 47  

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   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   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   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   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   Angelo Predieri, composer was born in the year 1655.  

Jan 22   On this day in history birth of geleyn Evertsen, lt-admiral (Zealand)  

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

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

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

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

Feb 25   On this day in history death of daniel Heinsius, Flemish scholar (b. 1580)  

Mar 29   On this day in history valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66  

Apr 06   In the year 1655 death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)  

Apr 14   Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer, dies at 39 in the year 1655.  

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

Jun 30   On this day in history jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer, dies at 81  

Jul 15   Girolamo Rainaldi, Italian architect (b. 1570) died on this day in history.