1659

1659 (MDCLIX) was a common year beginning on a Wednesday, according to the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• 7 November: Spain and France sign the Treaty of the Pyrenees.
• December 8: The Franciscan friar Fray García de San Francisco founded the Mission of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Mansos del Paso del Río del Nortewhich is currently the city of Ciudad Juárez (Mexico) and part of El Paso (United States).

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• In the city of San Salvador (El Salvador), a "disastrous earthquake" is experienced.

Science and technology

• Christiaan Huygens pública Systema Saturnium.

Births

• September 10: Henry Purcell, British composer (f. 1695).

Deaths