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 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1659 MDCLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2412 |
| Armenian calendar | 1108 ԹՎ ՌՃԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 4295/4355-12-9 (戊戌年十二月初九日) — to —
4296/4356-11-18(己亥年十一月十八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1651 – 1652 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5419 – 5420 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1714 – 1715 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1581 – 1582 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4760 – 4761 |
| Iranian calendar | 1037 – 1038 |
| Islamic calendar | 1069 – 1070 |
| Japanese calendar | Manji 2 (万治2年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2319 (皇紀2319年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11659 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2202 |
1659 (MDCLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for 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
- November 7 - 24-year war between France and Spain ends with French acquisition of Roussillon and most of Artois under the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
- 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 in India.
- Cromwell forces a mass migration of Irish and Scots to Barbados, killing thousands.
[edit] Science
- Christiaan Huygens - Systema Saturnium
[edit] Births
- March 8 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (died 1738)
- June 3 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (died 1708)
- June 12 - Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (died 1719
- July 20 - Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (died 1743)
- July 28 - Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (died 1715)
- December 12 - Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (died 1739)
See also Category:1659 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (born 1580)
- February 17 - Abel Servien, French diplomat (born 1593)
- February 27 - Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (born 1609)
- April 15 - Simon Dach, German poet (born 1605)
- June 3 - Morgan Llwyd, Welsh Puritan preacher and writer (born 1619)
- October 8 - Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian (born c. 1603)
- October 31 - John Bradshaw, English judge (born 1602)
- Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer (born 1603)
- Willem Drost, Dutch painter and printmaker (born 1633)
See also Category:1659 deaths.
