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   In the year 1659 benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64   

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

Jan 24   In the year 1659 pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris   

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

Feb 11   On this day in history 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   William Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher on this day in history.   

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

May 31   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jul 16   In the year 1659 princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II   

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

Aug 01   Antoine Mouque, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1659 robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)   

Oct 04   In the year 1659 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   In the year 1659 marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged   

Nov 06   In the year 1659 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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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   In the year 1659 birth of jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)   

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

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   In the year 1659 benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64   

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 in the year 1659.   

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

Jun 03   On this day in history death of morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)   

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

Oct 08   Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary died in the year 1659.