Event of Interest Jan 1 1st entry in English civil servant Samuel Pepys' diary DiaristSamuel Pepys Jan 1 General Moncks army battles with the Tweed on way to London Jan 1 Thomas Fairfax's New Model Army occupies York Jan 1 Academia de Bellas Artes is founded in Seville with painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo its first president 1659 Historical Events by Year 1661