Historical Events In 1679
Monday, 20 March 2023
Jan 05 On this day in history pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer
Jan 08 Explorer and fur trader Cavalier de La Salle reaches Niagara Falls; one of his boats is wrecked on Lake Ontario on this day in the year 1679.
Jan 09 Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.
Jan 19 Girolamo Chiti, composer on this day in history.
Jan 24 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher on this day in history.
Jan 24 In the year 1679 king Charles II disbands English parliament
Jan 27 On this day in history jean-Francois de Troy, French painter
Jan 31 Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
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 german emperor Leopold I signs peace with France
Feb 05 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 in the year 1679.
Feb 14 In the year 1679 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer
Feb 24 On this day in history 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 in the year 1679.
Apr 17 On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
Apr 18 Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies in the year 1679.
May 01 On this day in history esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43
May 12 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer on this day in history.
May 14 In the year 1679 peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer
May 27 On this day in history habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK
Jun 01 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish on this day in history.
Jun 01 In the year 1679 johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim)
Jun 03 Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried on this day in history.
Jun 27 Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
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 Samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies on this day in history.
Jul 12 In the year 1679 britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act
Aug 20 In the year 1679 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
Sep 01 On this day in history great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people
Sep 17 On this day in history juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50
Sep 18 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1679.
Sep 20 In the year 1679 cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
Sep 28 Mihael Omerza, composer on this day in history.
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