Historical Events In 1659

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

Jan 14   Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Antonio Veracini, composer in the year 1659.   

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   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   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   In the year 1659 william Wollaston, Coton England, philosopher   

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

Apr 22   In the year 1659 lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament   

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

May 22   France, England & Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty in the year 1659.   

May 25   Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1659 netherlands, England & France sign Treaty of The Hague   

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

Jul 23   Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1659.   

Oct 08   Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1659 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   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   Theodor Schwartzkopff, composer in the year 1659.   

Nov 07   Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV & Spanish king Philip IV on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1659.   

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

May 16   Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist was born in the year 1659.   

Jun 03   In the year 1659 birth of david Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history benedikt Lechler, composer, dies at 64   

Feb 17   In the year 1659 death of abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)   

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

Apr 15   In the year 1659 simon Dach, German poet, dies   

Jun 03   Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619) died in the year 1659.   

Sep 05   Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Neth East-Indies, dies at 71 in the year 1659.   

Oct 08   On this day in history death of jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary