1659

Years: 1656 1657 1658 - 1659 - 1660 1661 1662
Decades: 1620s 1630s 1640s - 1650s - 1660s 1670s 1680s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1659 in literature 1659 in science

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Science
3 Births
4 Deaths

Events

May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth.
24-year war between France and Spain ends with French acquisition of Roussillon and most of Artois under the Treaty of the Pyrenees (November 7).
The Spanish Infanta Maria Theresa brings cocoa to Paris
Diego Velazquez'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