Historical Events In 1679

Jan 05   Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1679 explorer and fur trader Cavalier de La Salle reaches Niagara Falls; one of his boats is wrecked on Lake Ontario on this day.   

Jan 09   In the year 1679 werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45   

Jan 19   Girolamo Chiti, composer in the year 1679.   

Jan 24   Christian von Wolff, German philosopher in the year 1679.   

Jan 24   King Charles II disbands English parliament on this day in history.   

Jan 27   On this day in history jean-Francois de Troy, French painter   

Jan 31   Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris in the year 1679.   

Feb 03   Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 in the year 1679.   

Feb 05   German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France in the year 1679.   

Feb 05   In the year 1679 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

Feb 14   Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer in the year 1679.   

Feb 24   In the year 1679 domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer   

Mar 27   On this day in history abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38   

Apr 03   Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1679 john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53   

Apr 18   Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies in the year 1679.   

May 01   Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1679.   

May 12   In the year 1679 giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

May 14   Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer in the year 1679.   

May 27   Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK in the year 1679.   

Jun 01   On this day in history battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish   

Jun 01   Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim) on this day in history.   

Jun 03   In the year 1679 jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried   

Jun 27   On this day in history pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68   

Jul 02   In the year 1679 europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.   

Jul 08   In the year 1679 samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies   

Jul 12   Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act on this day in history.   

Aug 20   In the year 1679 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

Sep 01   Great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1679 new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony   

Sep 20   Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   Mihael Omerza, composer on this day in history.   

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Jan 05   Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer was born in the year 1679.   

Jan 19   In the year 1679 birth of girolamo Chiti, composer   

Jan 24   On this day in history birth of christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

Jan 27   Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter was born on this day in history.   

Feb 14   On this day in history birth of georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer   

Feb 24   Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer was born in the year 1679.   

Mar 18   Matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759) was born in the year 1679.   

May 12   In the year 1679 birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

Jan 09   In the year 1679 werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45   

Jan 14   In the year 1679 death of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)   

Feb 03   Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

Mar 16   On this day in history death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

Mar 26   In the year 1679 death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

Mar 27   On this day in history abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38   

Apr 17   In the year 1679 john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53