Deaths on April 30

Eustache Le Sueur

Died on April 30, 1655

Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)

Eustache Le Sueur or Lesueur (19 November 1617 – 30 April 1655) was a French artist and one of the founders of the French Academy of Painting. He is known primarily for his paintings of religious subjects. He was a leading exponent of the neoclassical style of Parisian Atticism.

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Events on 1655

8 Mar

Thirteen Colonies
John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
25 Mar

Titan (moon)
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
31 Jul

Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Russo-Polish War (1654-67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
8 Sep

Charles X Gustav of Sweden
Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
18 Dec

Edict of Expulsion
The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.

Deaths on April 30

Eustache Le Sueur

Died on April 30, 1655

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Thirteen Colonies

Titan (moon)

Grand Duchy of Lithuania

Charles X Gustav of Sweden

Edict of Expulsion