Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1679
Saturday, 04 July 2020
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 On this day in history werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45
Jan 19 On this day in history girolamo Chiti, composer
Jan 24 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher in the year 1679.
Jan 24 On this day in history king Charles II disbands English parliament
Jan 27 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter in the year 1679.
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 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France in the year 1679.
Feb 05 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 in the year 1679.
Feb 14 Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer in the year 1679.
Feb 24 In the year 1679 domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer
Mar 27 In the year 1679 abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38
Apr 03 In the year 1679 edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
Apr 17 John van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53 in the year 1679.
Apr 18 Hofmannswaldau, writer, dies in the year 1679.
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 in the year 1679.
May 27 In the year 1679 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 In the year 1679 pablo Bruna, composer, dies at 68
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 On this day in history britain's King Charles II ratified Habeas Corpus Act
Aug 20 Jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60 on this day in history.
Sep 01 Great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people 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 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony in the year 1679.
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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