Events

• Johann Jacob Froberger leaves Vienna for the last time.
• Sir William Davenant
  William Davenant
  Sir William Davenant , also spelled D'Avenant, was an English poet and playwright. Along with Thomas Killigrew, Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil...
  
  's "operatic show," The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru
  The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru
  The Cruelty of the Spaniards in Peru was an innovative 1658 theatrical presentation, a hybrid entertainment or masque or "operatic show", written and produced by Sir William Davenant...
  
  , is staged at the Cockpit Theatre
  Cockpit Theatre
  The Cockpit was a theatre in London, operating from 1616 to around 1665. It was the first theatre to be located near Drury Lane. After damage in 1617, it was christened The Phoenix....
  
   in London during the summer.

Publications

• Henry Lawes
  Henry Lawes
  Henry Lawes was an English musician and composer.He was born at Dinton in Wiltshire, and received his musical education from John Cooper, better known under his Italian pseudonym Giovanni Coperario, a famous composer of the day...
  
   – Ayres and Dialogues for One, Two and Three Voyces, vol. 3
• Etienne Moulinié
  Étienne Moulinié
  Étienne Moulinié was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Languedoc, and when he was a child he sang at the Narbonne Cathedral. Through the influence of his brother Antoine , Moulinié gained an appointment at court, as the director of music for Gaston d'Orléans, the younger brother of the king...
  
   – Meslanges de sujets Chrestiens ... avec une basse continue, a collection of sacred music

Births

• April 22 – Giuseppe Torelli
  Giuseppe Torelli
  Giuseppe Torelli was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.Torelli is most remembered for his contributions to the development of the instrumental concerto Giuseppe Torelli (April 22, 1658 – February 8, 1709) was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer.Torelli is most...
  
  , Italian composer (died 1709)
• probable – Jean Desfontaines
  Jean Desfontaines
  Jean Desfontaines was a French Baroque composer.Desfontaines was a pupil of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. He was a prolific music teacher in Paris, however, it does not seem that he held a public office.-Works:...
  
  , composer (died c.1752)