Historical Events In 1679

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Jan 19   On this day in history girolamo Chiti, composer  

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

Jan 24   King Charles II disbands English parliament in the year 1679.  

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

Jan 31   On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 14   Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03   On this day in history edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig  

Apr 17   John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Apr 18   In the year 1679 hofmannswaldau, writer, dies  

May 01   Esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

May 12   Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer in the year 1679.  

May 14   Peder [Nielsen] Horrebow, Danish astronomer on this day in history.  

May 27   Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK on this day in history.  

Jun 01   In the year 1679 battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish  

Jun 01   Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim) in the year 1679.  

Jun 03   On this day in history jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried  

Jun 27   Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 08   On this day in history 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   Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 in the year 1679.  

Sep 17   On this day in history juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50  

Sep 18   On this day in history new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony  

Sep 20   Cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51 in the year 1679.  

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

Oct 16   Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer in the year 1679.  

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Jan 05   In the year 1679 birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer  

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

Jan 24   Christian von Wolff, German philosopher was born on this day in history.  

Jan 27   In the year 1679 birth of jean-Francois de Troy, French painter  

Feb 14   Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Mar 18   In the year 1679 birth of matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)  

May 12   Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 09   On this day in history werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45  

Jan 14   Jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602) died on this day in history.  

Feb 03   On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53  

Feb 05   Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Mar 16   John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) died in the year 1679.  

Mar 26   On this day in history 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   John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 in the year 1679.