Historical Events In 1659

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

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   In the year 1659 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) on this day in history.   

Feb 11   The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses in the year 1659.   

Feb 16   1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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 in the year 1659.   

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

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   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   In the year 1659 antoine Mouque, composer   

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   Franz Weichlein, composer in the year 1659.   

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   English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals on this day in history.   

Oct 13   Gen-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt on this day in history.   

Oct 27   Marmaduke Stevenson, Quaker in Boston, hanged on this day in history.   

Nov 06   Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer in the year 1659.   

Nov 07   Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV in the year 1659.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1659.   

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

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64   

Feb 17   Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) died in the year 1659.   

Feb 27   In the year 1659 death of henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)   

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