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 in the year 1679.   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history girolamo Chiti, composer   

Jan 24   In the year 1679 christian von Wolff, German philosopher   

Jan 24   In the year 1679 king Charles II disbands English parliament   

Jan 27   In the year 1679 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   In the year 1679 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91   

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

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

Mar 27   In the year 1679 abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38   

Apr 03   Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig in the year 1679.   

Apr 17   John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 in the year 1679.   

Apr 18   On this day in history hofmannswaldau, writer, dies   

May 01   In the year 1679 esaias Reusner, composer, dies at 43   

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

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

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

Jun 01   Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish in the year 1679.   

Jun 01   In the year 1679 johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim)   

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

Jun 27   Pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68 in the year 1679.   

Jul 02   On this day in history europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.   

Jul 08   On this day in history samuel J Columbus, Swedish poet (Odae Sveticae), dies   

Jul 12   In the year 1679 britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act   

Aug 20   Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 in the year 1679.   

Sep 01   In the year 1679 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   On this day in history new Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony   

Sep 20   In the year 1679 cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51   

Sep 28   On this day in history mihael Omerza, composer   

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Jan 05   On this day in history birth of pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer   

Jan 19   Girolamo Chiti, composer was born in the year 1679.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jan 14   On this day in history death of jacques de Billy, French mathematician (b. 1602)   

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

Feb 05   Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 in the year 1679.   

Mar 16   In the year 1679 death of john Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616)   

Mar 26   On this day in history death of johannes Schefferus, Alsatian-born humanist (b. 1621)   

Mar 27   Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 on this day in history.   

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