Historical Events In 1659
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
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 On this day in history pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
Feb 01 On this day in history 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 1st known check (£400) (on display at Westminster Abbey) in the year 1659.
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 In the year 1659 simon Dach, German poet, dies
Apr 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament in the year 1659.
May 16 On this day in history campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist
May 22 In the year 1659 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 On this day in history princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
Jul 23 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Sep 30 In the year 1659 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 In the year 1659 franz Weichlein, composer
Oct 08 Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary in the year 1659.
Oct 10 On this day in history able J Tasmania, navigator/discovered (Tasmania, NZ), dies at about 56
Oct 12 On this day in history 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 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 Peace of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain on this day in history.
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