[an error occurred while processing this directive]

Home - Events - Birthdays - Deaths - Years - History Feeds
1659 in History



January 14 Battle at Elvas: Portuguese beat Spanish
January 24 Pierre Corneille's "Oedipe," premieres in Paris
February 16 1st known check (400 pounds) (on display at Westminster Abbey)
April 22 Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament
May 22 France, England and Netherlands sign "Hedges Concerto" treaty
May 25 Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector
May 31 Netherlands, England and France sign Treaty of The Hague
July 16 Princess Henriette C of Orange-Nassau weds monarch Johan George II
September 30 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in U.S.)
September 30 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
October 12 English Rump-government fires John Lambert and other generals
October 13 General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt
November 7 Peace of Pyreneeen: French king Louis XIV and Spanish king Philip IV
November 25 Michiel de Ruyter conquerors Danish city Nyborg
December 16 General Monck demands free parliamentary election in Scotland
December 26 Long Parliament reforms in Westminster









Add History to your Site or Blog
You can add our Today in History or Today's Birthdays scripts to your site. The script has fresh, new content each day, and requires no work on your part. Get started

BrainyHistory on FaceBook
Get the birthdays of the day from BrainyHistory on FaceBook and Twitter



BrainyHistoryBrainyHistory

Social
BrainyHistory on FaceBook
BrainyHistory on Twitter
 		Site
Home
Events
Birthdays
Deaths
Years
History Feeds
 		About Us
Inquire
Privacy
Terms
Copyright © 2001 - 2013 BrainyHistory