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Eustache Le Sueur
1655Apr, 30

Eustache Le Sueur

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

  • 8Mar

    Thirteen Colonies

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

    Titan (moon)

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

    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.
  • 8Sep

    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.
  • 18Dec

    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.