1659 (MDCLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1659th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 659th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1650s decade.

Jan 14, 2025 · Historical events from year 1659. Learn about 20 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1659 or search by date or keyword.

The Treaty of the Pyrenees [1] was signed on 7 November 1659 and ended the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635. [2] Negotiations were conducted and the treaty was signed on Pheasant Island, situated in the middle of the Bidasoa River on the border between the two countries, which has remained a French-Spanish condominium ever since.

Events from the year 1659 in England. 27 January – the third and final session of the Third Protectorate Parliament of the Commonwealth of England is opened by Lord Protector Richard Cromwell, with Chaloner Chute as the Speaker of the House of Commons and 567 members.

What happened in the year 1659 in history? Famous historical events that shook and changed the world. Discover events in 1659.

Peter Stuyvesant forbids tennis playing during religious services in New Netherland, the first mention of tennis in the US. What happened and who was famous in 1659? Browse important and historic events, world leaders, famous birthdays and notable deaths from the year 1659.

1659. Also Within this year in history. Oct. 27. Religion Quakers executed for religious beliefs. William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson, two Quakers who came from England in 1656 to escape ...

1659 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1659th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 659th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1650s decade. As of the start ...

May 8, 2018 · Pyrenees, Peace of the (1659) Treaty between France and Spain after the Thirty Years' War. France gained territory in Artois and Flanders, and Philip IV of Spain reluctantly agreed to his daughter's marriage to Louis XIV. She was to renounce her claim to the Spanish throne in exchange for a subsidy.

Oct 17, 2019 · A Parliament (elected December 1658/January 1659) which not only contained a large and obstructive caucus of covert royalists, but which also saw clashes between civilian republicans and supporters of the army, culminated in a show-down in which leading army officers forced a dissolution (21 April) and Richard’s resignation.