Historical Events In 1659

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

Jan 14   In the year 1659 battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish   

Jan 17   Antonio Veracini, composer on this day in history.   

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

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   Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) in the year 1659.   

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   On this day in history first known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) in the year 1659.   

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

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

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 in the year 1659.   

May 25   Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector on this day in history.   

May 31   Netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague in the year 1659.   

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   On this day in history princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II   

Jul 23   In the year 1659 antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer   

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   In the year 1659 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   On this day in history able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56   

Oct 12   In the year 1659 english Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals   

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

Oct 27   On this day in history marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

Nov 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of antonio Veracini, composer   

Jan 21   Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect was born on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island) was born in the year 1659.   

Mar 07   Henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas) was born in the year 1659.   

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

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

May 16   In the year 1659 birth of campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

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

Jan 16   Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) died in the year 1659.   

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

Feb 17   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 05   In the year 1659 pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71   

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