1659
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s |
| Years: | 1656 1657 1658 - 1659 - 1660 1661 1662 |
| 1659 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1659 (MDCLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1659
[edit] January - June
- January 14 - Battle of Elvas: The Portuguese beat the Spanish.
- January 24 - Pierre Corneille's Oedipe premieres in Paris.
- February 11 - The assault on Copenhagen by Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
- February 16 - The first known cheque (400 pounds) is written (on display at Westminster Abbey).
- April 22 - Lord Protector Cromwell disbands the English Parliament.
- May 22 - France, England and Netherlands sign the Hedges Concerto treaty.
- May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector.
- May 31 - The Netherlands, England and France sign the Treaty of The Hague.
[edit] July - December
- July 16 - Princess Henriette C. of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II.
- September 30 - Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherland forbids tennis playing during religious services (first mention of tennis in what will be the U.S.).
- October 12 - The English Rump Parliament fires John Lambert and other generals.
- October 13 - General-major John Lambert drives out the English Rump-government.
- November 7 - Treaty of Pyrenees: French King Louis XIV and King Philip IV of Spain agree to French acquisition of Roussillon and most of Artois, and formally end their 24-year war.
- November 25 - Dutch forces under Michiel de Ruyter free the Danish city of Nyborg from Swedish conquest (earlier in the year).
- December 16 - General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland.
- December 26 - The Long Parliament reforms occur in Westminster.
[edit] Undated
- The Spanish Infanta Maria Theresa brings cocoa to Paris.
- Diego Velázquez's portrait of Infanta Maria Theresa is first exhibited.
- Thomas Hobbes publishes De Homine.
- Parisian police raid a monastery, sending monks to prison for eating meat and drinking wine during Lent.
- Drought occurs in India.
[edit] Science
- Christiaan Huygens writes Systema Saturnium.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1659 MDCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2412 |
| Armenian calendar | 1108 ԹՎ ՌՃԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -185 – -184 |
| Berber calendar | 2609 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2203 |
| Burmese calendar | 1021 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7167 – 7168 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊戌年十二月初九日 (4295/4355-12-9) — to —
己亥年十一月十八日(4296/4356-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1375 – 1376 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1651 – 1652 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5419 – 5420 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1714 – 1715 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1581 – 1582 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4760 – 4761 |
| Holocene calendar | 11659 |
| Iranian calendar | 1037 – 1038 |
| Islamic calendar | 1069 – 1070 |
| Japanese calendar | Manji 2 (万治2年) |
| Korean calendar | 3992 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2202 |
- March 8 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
- June 3 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (d. 1708)
- June 12 - Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (d. 1719
- July 20 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
- July 28 - Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (d. 1715)
- December 12 - Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)
- See also Category:1659 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
- February - Willem Drost, Dutch painter and printmaker (b. 1633)
- February 17 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
- February 27 - Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609)
- April 15 - Simon Dach, German poet (b. 1605)
- June 3 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (b. 1619)
- October 8 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian (b. c. 1603)
- October 10 - Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer (b. 1603)
- October 31 - John Bradshaw, English judge (b. 1602)
- See also Category:1659 deaths.
[edit] Fictional 1659
- September 30 - Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Daniel Defoe).
- The book 'The Witch Child' is set in this year. The papers were found in a quilt and have been modernised into a book written by Celia Rees.
