1659 in England

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Events from the year 1659 in England.

Incumbents

• Lord Protector - Richard Cromwell (to 25 May)

Events

• 16 February - The first known cheque (400 pounds) is written.^[1][2]
• 22 April - Lord Protector Richard Cromwell disbands the Parliament of England.
• 22 May - Treaty of The Hague signed by France, Netherlands and England.^[3]
• 25 May - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector.^[4]
• 12 October - Rump Parliament dismisses General-major John Lambert and other generals.
• 13 October - Lambert excludes the Rump Parliament from the Palace of Westminster.
• 26 December - Long Parliament reforms at Westminster.

Births

• 1 January - Humphrey Hody, theologian and archdeacon (died 1707)
• 26 March - William Wollaston, philosophical writer (died 1724)

Deaths

• 31 October - John Bradshaw, judge (born 1602)

References

1. On display at Westminster Abbey.
2. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
3. Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
4. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 187–188. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

See also