Historical Events In 1655

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

Jan 14   In the year 1655 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   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 in the year 1655.   

Mar 03   Montreal physician offers Canada's first medical insurance on this day in history.   

Mar 25   Christiaan Huygens discovers Titan, (Saturn's largest satellite) in the year 1655.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

May 04   In the year 1655 bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori, Italy, piano builder   

May 10   On this day in history jamaica captured by English   

May 13   On this day in history 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 in the year 1655.   

Jun 30   On this day in history 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   Cyrano De Bergerac French soldier, author died on this day in history.   

Jul 28   On this day in history cyrano de Bergerac, French dramatist/novelist, dies at 36 in Paris   

Jul 29   In the year 1655 biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam   

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

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

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   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) 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   On this day in history birth of eleonore-Magdalena of Neuburg, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1720)   

Jan 06   In the year 1655 birth of jakob Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (d. 1705)   

Jan 14   In the year 1655 birth of angelo Predieri, composer   

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

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

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 in the year 1655.   

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

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   On this day in history death of david Blondel, French Protestant clergyman (b. 1591)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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