What happened in 1659?

Battle of Konotop

Wars & Conflicts · Konotop

1659 battle during Russo-Polish War

Battle of Nyborg

Wars & Conflicts · Nyborg

1659 Swedish-Danish battle

Esopus Wars

Wars & Conflicts · New Netherland

Two localized conflicts between Dutch settlers and the Esopus tribe of Lenape Indians during the latter half of the 17th century

Battle of Pratapgarh

Wars & Conflicts · Pratapgad

1659 battle in India

Assault on Copenhagen

Wars & Conflicts · Copenhagen

1659 part of the Second Northern War

Battle of the Lines of Elvas

Wars & Conflicts · Elvas

Was fought on 14 January 1659, in Elvas, between Portugal and Spain

Battle of Myadel

Wars & Conflicts · Miadziel

1659 battle

Battle of Kolhapur

Wars & Conflicts · Kolhapur

1659 battle between the Maratha Empire and the Adilshahi dynasty

Siege of Stettin

Wars & Conflicts · Szczecin

Siege in 1659 during the Second Northern War of 1655–1660

Battle of Khajwa

Wars & Conflicts

1659 battle

Battle of Grudziądz

Wars & Conflicts · Grudziądz

1659 battle

Battle of Margão

Wars & Conflicts · Margao

1659 battle

Battle of Ebeltoft

Wars & Conflicts · Ebeltoft

1659 naval battle off the coast of Denmark

Khoikhoi–Dutch Wars

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Peninsula

Military History

Fort Nathan Hale

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Connecticut

Treaty of the Pyrenees

Politics & Government

1659 border treaty between France and Spain

Pereyaslav Articles

Politics & Government · Pereiaslav

1659 treaty between Russia and Cossacks

Abel Tasman died

People · Jakarta

Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)

Patriarch Gabriel II of Constantinople died

People · Bursa

Patriarch of Constantinople

Patriarch Joannicius II of Constantinople died

People · South Aegean Region

Patriarch of Constantinople

Michał Boym died

People · Guangxi

Jesuit missionary into China

Manuel Dias died

People · Hangzhou

Portuguese Jesuit missionary in China (1574–1659)

Willem Verstegen died

People · Ajmer

Dutch trader and explorer

Jean de Quen died

People · Quebec City

French Jesuit missionary

Oluf van Steenwinckel died

People · Helsingør

Danish engineer

Étienne Noël died

People · La Flèche

French theologian

John Lowin died

People · St Giles-without-Cripplegate

British actor (1576-1659)

Yamamoto Tsunetomo born

People · Saga

Born in Saga. Samurai (1659-1719).

Georg Ernst Stahl born

People · Ansbach

Born in Ansbach. German physician and chemist (1659-1734).

Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Swedish general (1659–1719).

Hyojong of Joseon died

People · Changdeokgung

Died in Changdeokgung. 17th King of Joseon Dynasty (1619 -1659).

Ismihan Kaya Sultan died

People · Ottoman Empire

Died in Ottoman Empire. Daughter of Ottoman Sultan Murad IV.

Royal Consort Huibin Jang born

People · Eunpyeong District

Born in Eunpyeong District. Executed Royal wife of Sukjong of Joseon (1659-1701).

Shah Jahan Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Pakistan

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Hangzhou, China

Saleh Kamboh Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Lahore

Mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

Fazil Ahmet Pasha Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Veles

Mosque in Macedonia

Synagogue in Nowy Korczyn

Religion & Belief Systems

Radha Binod Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Bishnupur

Abbaye Notre-Dame de Lure

Religion & Belief Systems

Abbey located in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, in France

Cunéy sanctuary

Religion & Belief Systems

Sanctuary in Aosta Valley

Kurshum Mosque, Pazardzhik

Religion & Belief Systems

Intercession Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Sanaksar monastery

Religion & Belief Systems · Q18799963

Monastery in Mordovia, Russia

Former Saint Anne’s Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Former church in Champoluc, Italy

San Fermo Chapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Vallenzona

Chapel in Vobbia, Italy

Brunnenkapelle

Religion & Belief Systems · Sankt Florian

Building in Frasdorf, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Shingen-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Taitō-ku, Tokyo

Bakhtrioni Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Alaverdi Monastery

1659 battle

Odjak of Algiers Revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Algiers

1659 revolution

Triq il-Wiesgħa Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Tower in Malta

Ħamrija Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Tower

Duomo di San Cassiano

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Comacchio (FE)

Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, Stade

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Stade, Germany

San Martino basilica

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Alzano Lombardo, Italy

Xrobb l-Għaġin Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Tower in Malta

Hadâmbu Monastery

Architecture & Engineering · Schitu Hadâmbului

Heritage site in Iași County, Romania

Church of the saint Guardian Angel

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Alcamo, Italy

Church of St. Nicholas Penskaya

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Yaroslavl, Russia

Osu Castle

Architecture & Engineering · Osu

Coastal castle in Osu, Accra, Ghana, built by Denmark-Norway in the 1660s as a slave-trading fort; served as capital of the Danish Gold Coast and later as British colonial seat of government; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979

Aarburg Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Castle in Aarburg in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Forte de Santo Amaro

Architecture & Engineering

17th Century fortress in Portugal

Chapelle Sainte-Brigide

Architecture & Engineering · Fosses-la-Ville

Chapel in Fosses-la-Ville, Belgium

Sretensky Monastery (Pereslavl-Zalessky)

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery in Pereslavl-Zalessky, Russia

Saadi dynasty dissolved

Empires & Countries · Fez

Saadi dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Fez.