Historical Events In 1679
Friday, 11 July 2025
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 Werner Fabricius, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1679.
Jan 19 In the year 1679 girolamo Chiti, composer
Jan 24 Christian von Wolff, German philosopher on this day in history.
Jan 24 King Charles II disbands English parliament on this day in history.
Jan 27 Jean-Francois de Troy, French painter in the year 1679.
Jan 31 Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera "Bellerophon," premieres in Paris in the year 1679.
Feb 03 On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53
Feb 05 German emperor Leopold I signs peace with France on this day in history.
Feb 05 In the year 1679 joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91
Feb 14 In the year 1679 georg Friedrich Kauffman, composer
Feb 24 Domenico Natale Sarro, Italian opera composer in the year 1679.
Mar 27 Abraham Mignon, Dutch still life painter, dies at 38 in the year 1679.
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 In the year 1679 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 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 on this day in history.
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 In the year 1679 jacob Alting, Dutch theologist, dies at 60
Sep 01 Great Plague of Vienna in Austria killing 76,000 people on this day in history.
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 On this day in history cornelis Evertsen the Young, vice-admiral of Zealand, dies at 51
Sep 28 In the year 1679 mihael Omerza, composer
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