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1659
Events from the year 1659 in France.
Incumbents
Monarch: Louis XIVBBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/louis_xiv.shtml www.bbc.co.uk 9 June 2022
Events
21 May – France, the Commonwealth of England, and the Dutch Republic sign the Concert of The Hague.
7 November – Treaty of Pyrenees: French King Louis XIV and King Philip IV of Spain agree to French acquisition of Roussillon and
The Spanish Infanta Maria Theresa brings cocoa to Paris.
Parisian police raid a monastery, sending monks to prison for eating meat and drinking wine during Lent.
Births
4 March – Pierre Lepautre (1659–1744), French artist (d. 1744)
8 March – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
22 June – Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure, French officer and governor of Acadia (d. 1711)
18 July – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
Full date unknown
Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (d. 1715)
Deaths
16 January – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
17 February – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
8 October – Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian (b. c. 1603)
See also
France History Lists
References
1659
Category:1650s in France
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