Historical Events In 1659

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish   

Jan 17   In the year 1659 antonio Veracini, composer   

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

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

Jan 24   On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris   

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

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

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

Feb 16   In the year 1659 first known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey   

Mar 07   On this day in history henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)   

Mar 26   On this day in history william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

Apr 22   In the year 1659 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   In the year 1659 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   Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

Aug 01   On this day in history antoine Mouque, composer   

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) in the year 1659.   

Oct 04   On this day in history franz Weichlein, composer   

Oct 08   Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56 in the year 1659.   

Oct 12   English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals in the year 1659.   

Oct 13   In the year 1659 gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt   

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

Nov 06   Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer in the year 1659.   

Nov 07   On this day in history peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV   

Nov 17   Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain in the year 1659.   

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Jan 17   On this day in history birth of antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 21   On this day in history birth of adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect   

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

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

Mar 08   On this day in history birth of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)   

Mar 26   On this day in history birth of william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

Jun 03   David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born in the year 1659.   

Jan 16   In the year 1659 death of charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)   

Jan 18   Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1659.   

Feb 17   In the year 1659 death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)   

Feb 27   Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) died on this day in history.   

Apr 15   Simon Dach, German poet, dies in the year 1659.   

Jun 03   Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619) died on this day in history.   

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

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