Historical Events In 1679

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

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

Jan 19   In the year 1679 girolamo Chiti, composer   

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   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   In the year 1679 jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53   

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

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

Feb 14   In the year 1679 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer   

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

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

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   On this day in history hofmannswaldau, writer, dies   

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

May 12   On this day in history giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

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

May 27   On this day in history habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK   

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   Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried in the year 1679.   

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   Britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act in the year 1679.   

Aug 20   On this day in history jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60   

Sep 01   In the year 1679 great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people   

Sep 17   Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 in the year 1679.   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   In the year 1679 birth of georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer   

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

Mar 18   On this day in history birth of matthew Decker, English merchant and writer (d. 1759)   

May 12   On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer   

Jan 09   Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1679.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 16   John Leverett, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1616) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53