Historical Events In 1659

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

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

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   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   In the year 1659 the assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.   

Feb 16   In the year 1659 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) in the year 1659.   

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

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

Apr 22   On this day in history lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament   

May 16   In the year 1659 campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist   

May 22   On this day in history france, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty   

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 in the year 1659.   

Jul 16   Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II in the year 1659.   

Jul 23   Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer in the year 1659.   

Aug 01   Antoine Mouque, composer in the year 1659.   

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

Sep 30   On this day in history peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services   

Sep 30   In the year 1659 robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)   

Oct 04   On this day in history franz Weichlein, composer   

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

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

Oct 12   In the year 1659 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   Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged in the year 1659.   

Nov 06   In the year 1659 theodor Schwartzkopff, composer   

Nov 07   In the year 1659 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   In the year 1659 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   In the year 1659 birth of isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)   

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

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

Jun 03   David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1659 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   On this day in history death of jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary