1659

1659 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	16th century – 17th century – 18th century
Decades:	1620s  1630s  1640s  – 1650s –  1660s  1670s  1680s
Years:	1656 1657 1658 – 1659 – 1660 1661 1662

Events

• February 16 – The first known cheque (400 pounds) is written.
• May 21 – The Kingdom of France, the Commonwealth of England and the Dutch Republic sign the Treaty of The Hague.
• Thomas Hobbes publishes De Homine.
• Drought occurs in India.
• Christiaan Huygens writes Systema Saturnium.

Births

for more information, see Category:1659 births.

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1659 deaths.

• Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer

1659 Media

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  February 11: Assault on Copenhagen

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  AdriaenvanderWerffSelfportrait

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  Every,Henry

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  • Henry Purcell, Artist Unknown. See source website for additional information. This set of images was gathered by User:Dcoetzee from the National Portrait Gallery, London website using a special tool. All images in this batch have been confirmed as author died before 1939 according to the official death date listed by the NPG.
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  WillemDrost

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  AbelTasman