Historical Events In 1659
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Jan 14 On this day in history battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish
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 in the year 1659.
Jan 21 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect in the year 1659.
Jan 24 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
Feb 01 Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) on this day in history.
Feb 11 In the year 1659 the assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
Feb 16 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) in the year 1659.
Feb 16 First known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey in the year 1659.
Mar 07 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) in the year 1659.
Mar 26 William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher in the year 1659.
Apr 15 Simon Dach, German poet, dies in the year 1659.
Apr 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament on this day in history.
May 16 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
May 22 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
May 25 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector on this day in history.
May 31 In the year 1659 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague
Jun 29 The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop in the year 1659.
Jul 16 On this day in history princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
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 in the year 1659.
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 Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary in the year 1659.
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 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 On this day in history theodor Schwartzkopff, composer
Nov 07 Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV on this day in history.
Nov 17 In the year 1659 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
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