Historical Events In 1659
Friday, 22 September 2023
Jan 14 Battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.
Jan 14 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.
Jan 17 Antonio Veracini, composer on this day in history.
Jan 18 Benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1659.
Jan 21 On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
Jan 24 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
Feb 01 On this day in history jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
Feb 11 In the year 1659 the assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
Feb 16 On this day in history 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
Feb 16 In the year 1659 first known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey
Mar 07 Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) on this day in history.
Mar 26 On this day in history william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher
Apr 15 On this day in history simon Dach, German poet, dies
Apr 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament on this day in history.
May 16 On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
May 22 On this day in history france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
May 25 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector in the year 1659.
May 31 In the year 1659 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague
Jun 29 In the year 1659 the Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
Jul 16 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II in the year 1659.
Jul 23 On this day in history antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer
Aug 01 In the year 1659 antoine Mouque, composer
Sep 05 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 in the year 1659.
Sep 30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services in the year 1659.
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 on this day in history.
Oct 10 In the year 1659 able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
Oct 12 On this day in history english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals
Oct 13 On this day in history gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt
Oct 27 In the year 1659 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged
Nov 06 Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer on this day in history.
Nov 07 Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV on this day in history.
Nov 17 On this day in history peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
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