Historical Events In 1659
Sunday, 28 February 2021
Jan 14 On this day in history battle at Elvas Portuguese beat Spanish
Jan 14 On this day in history battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
Jan 17 On this day in history antonio Veracini, composer
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 in the year 1659.
Feb 01 On this day in history jacob Roggeveen, Dutch Swiss lawyer/navigator (Easter Island)
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 First known check (£400), it is now (on display at Westminster Abbey in the year 1659.
Mar 07 In the year 1659 henry Purcell, English organist/composer (Dido & Aeneas)
Mar 26 In the year 1659 william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher
Apr 15 Simon Dach, German poet, dies in the year 1659.
Apr 22 On this day in history lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
May 16 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist on this day in history.
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 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 In the year 1659 princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
Jul 23 Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer in the year 1659.
Aug 01 Antoine Mouque, composer in the year 1659.
Sep 05 Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 on this day in history.
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) in the year 1659.
Oct 04 Franz Weichlein, composer on this day in history.
Oct 08 In the year 1659 jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary
Oct 10 In the year 1659 able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
Oct 12 English Rump-government fires John Lambert & other generals in the year 1659.
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 In the year 1659 peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
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