1659

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

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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. As of the start of 1659, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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

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Deaths

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• Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer

1659 Media

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  February 11: The Army of Denmark defeats the Assault on Copenhagen from an invasion by Sweden

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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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