Year by year · 17th century

1659

1659 in world history: 8 events, 2 births, 9 deaths, 3 states founded and 4 that came to an end. 1,141 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 16 February

    Earliest surviving English cheque is written

    Nicholas Vanacker wrote a cheque for 400 pounds drawn on his London goldsmith-bankers, Morris and Clayton. It is the oldest known surviving handwritten cheque in Britain.

    London

  2. 7 November · Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of the Pyrenees

    The Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed on 7 November 1659 on Pheasant Island in the Bidasoa river, ending the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635.

  3. Battle

    Battle of Konotop

    The Battle of Konotop was fought in the summer of 1659 near Konotop in Ukraine, during the Russo-Polish War.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1659 2

Died in 1659 9

States founded 3

States that came to an end 4

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