1659 in France
Appearance
Years in France: | 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 |
Centuries: | 16th century · 17th century · 18th century |
Decades: | 1620s 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s |
Years: | 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 1661 1662 |
Events from the year 1659 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch: Louis XIV
Events
- May 22 – France, England, and Netherlands sign the Hedges Concerto treaty.
- November 7 – 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
- March 4 – Pierre Lepautre (1659–1744), French artist (d. 1744)
- March 8 – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738)
- June 22 – Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure, French officer and governor of Acadia (d. 1711)
- July 18 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
- Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (d. 1715)
Deaths
- January 16 – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580)
- February 17 – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593)
- October 8 – Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian (b. c. 1603)