Historical Events In 1679
Friday, 26 July 2024
Jan 05 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer on this day in history.
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 in the year 1679.
Jan 19 In the year 1679 girolamo Chiti, composer
Jan 24 In the year 1679 christian von Wolff, German philosopher
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 Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris in the year 1679.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 14 Georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer in the year 1679.
Feb 24 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer on this day in history.
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 On this day in history john van Kessel, Flemish painter, dies at 53
Apr 18 On this day in history 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 in the year 1679.
May 27 Habeaus Corpus Act (no false arrest & imprisonment) passes in UK in the year 1679.
Jun 01 Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scottish in the year 1679.
Jun 01 Johan Runius, Swedish poet (Dudaim) in the year 1679.
Jun 03 Jean-Francius Miller, painter, buried in the year 1679.
Jun 27 On this day in history 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 In the year 1679 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 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 Juan Jose of Austrian, Spanish gen/gov of Netherlands, dies at 50 on this day in history.
Sep 18 New Hampshire becomes a county Massachusetts Bay Colony on this day in history.
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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