Today in History for Year 1651
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Months in Year 1651: January February March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Results 1 - 16 of 16
Jan 1st - Charles II Stuart crowned king of Scotland
Feb 6th - -7] Cardinal Mazarin flees Paris
Feb 13th - Flemish missionary Joris van Geel departs to Congo
Mar 5th - South Sea dike in Amsterdam breaks after storm
Mar 31st - Great earthquake at Cuzco Peru
Jun 28th - Battle of Beresteczko between Poles and Ukrainians starts.
Jun 30th - The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising - the Battle of Beresteczko ends with a Polish victory.
Jul 24th - Anthony Johnson, a free black, receives grant of 250 acres in Va
Aug 13th - Litchfield, CT founded
Sep 3rd - Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
Oct 9th - English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off
Oct 17th - Future King Charles II flees from England
Oct 27th - English troops occupy Limerick Ireland
Nov 7th - King Louis XIV of France (13) declarer of full age
Dec 24th - John van Riebeeck departs to Cape of Good Hope
Dec 25th - Massachusetts General Court ordered a fine (five shillings) for "observing any such day as Christmas"
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 16 of 16
Jan 13th - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, English politician (d. 1694)
Mar 4th - John Baron Somers, (Whig), William III's chief minister (1696-1700)
Mar 16th - Zaccaria Tevo, composer
Mar 31st - Karl II, Elector Palatine (d. 1685)
Apr 6th - André Dacier, French classical scholar (d. 1722)
Apr 10th - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (d. 1708)
Apr 15th - Domenico Gabrielli, composer
Apr 21st - Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Ceylon (d. 1711)
Apr 30th - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint
May 27th - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (d. 1729)
Jul 22nd - Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer
Aug 6th - Francois Fenelon, France, writer (Playing for Time)
Aug 6th - Johann Michael Zacher, composer
Sep 1st - Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (d. 1694)
Sep 16th - Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (d. 1716)
Nov 12th - Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 20 of 20
Jan 8th - Giovanni Battista Gagliano, composer, dies at 56
Jan 13th - Abraham C Bloemaert, painter/cartoonist/engraver, dies at 86
Apr 7th - Lennart Torstenson, Swedish soldier and engineer (b. 1603)
Jun 16th - Marsilio Casentini, composer, dies at 74
Aug 27th - Jacob A Backer, painter, dies at about 43
Sep 27th - Maximilian I, duke/ruler of Bayern (Codex Maximilianus), dies at 78
Sep 27th - Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1573)
Oct 6th - Heinrich Albert, German composer (Arien oder Melodien), dies at 47
Oct 7th - Jacques Sirmond, French Jesuit scholar (b. 1559)
Oct 8th - Isaac Elsevier, book publisher, dies at 55
Oct 10th - Philippus Rovenius, [Rouveen], apostole, dies at 77
Oct 22nd - Jacob Praetorius, composer, dies at 65
Oct 27th - Jan III van Foreest, Dutch lawyer/poet/mayor of Hoorn, dies
Nov 20th - Mikołaj Potocki, Polish soldier (b. 1595)
Nov 26th - Henry Ireton, English gen/parliament leader (Marston Moor), dies at 40
Dec 1st - Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
Dec 6th - Anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess, dies at 68
Dec 14th - Pierre Dupuy, French scholar (b. 1582)
Dec 17th - Wolfgang Schonsleder, composer, dies at 81
Dec 18th - Francisco the Melo, Portuguese/Spanish earl of Assumar, dies at 54
