11th February » Assault on Copenhagen (1659) known as The assault on Copenhagen by Sweden or Swedish forces is beaten back with heavy losses.
6th May » Restoration (England) named English Restoration: A Wallingford House party or faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
25th May » Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the wikt:restoration known as restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republicanism known as republican government called the Commonwealth of England.
29th June » At the Battle of Konotop the Ukraine e.g Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Aleksey Trubetskoy e.g Prince Trubetskoy.
10th November » Shivaji Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha Empire Maratha King kills Afzal Khan (general) Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya
17th November » The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed between France and Spain.
Famous Birthdays in 1659
17th January » Antonio Veracini, Italian composer and violinist (d. 1745)
1st February » Jacob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (d. 1729)
8th March » Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor (d. 1738)
3rd June » David Gregory (mathematician) e.g David Gregory, Scottish-English mathematician and astronomer (d. 1708)
18th July » Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
28th July » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (d. 1715)
1st August » Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (d. 1734)
10th September » Henry Purcell, English organist and composer (d. 1695)
22nd October » Georg Ernst Stahl, German chemist and physician (d. 1734)
Famous Deaths in History for 1659
16th January » Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
17th February » Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
27th February » Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (b. 1609)