Historical Events In 1659

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish in the year 1659.   

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish in the year 1659.   

Jan 17   In the year 1659 antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 18   Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect in the year 1659.   

Jan 24   Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris in the year 1659.   

Feb 01   In the year 1659 jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)   

Feb 11   The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses in the year 1659.   

Feb 16   In the year 1659 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)   

Feb 16   First known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1659 william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

Apr 15   Simon Dach, German poet, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 22   On this day in history lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament   

May 16   On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

May 22   France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty on this day in history.   

May 25   On this day in history richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector   

May 31   Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague on this day in history.   

Jun 29   The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop on this day in history.   

Jul 16   Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II on this day in history.   

Jul 23   On this day in history antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer   

Aug 01   Antoine Mouque, composer in the year 1659.   

Sep 05   Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Sep 30   On this day in history peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services   

Sep 30   Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) on this day in history.   

Oct 04   On this day in history franz Weichlein, composer   

Oct 08   In the year 1659 jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary   

Oct 10   On this day in history able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56   

Oct 12   English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.   

Nov 06   In the year 1659 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer   

Nov 07   In the year 1659 peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV   

Nov 17   In the year 1659 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.   

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Jan 17   In the year 1659 birth of antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 21   In the year 1659 birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

Feb 01   Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 08   Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 26   William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher was born on this day in history.   

May 16   On this day in history birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

Jun 03   On this day in history birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

Jan 16   On this day in history death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

Jan 18   Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Feb 17   On this day in history death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)   

Feb 27   In the year 1659 death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)   

Apr 15   On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies   

Jun 03   Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619) died in the year 1659.   

Sep 05   Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 in the year 1659.   

Oct 08   On this day in history death of jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary