Английская Википедия:1659 in England
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Шаблон:Year in England Events from the year 1659 in England.
Incumbents
- Lord Protector – Richard Cromwell (until 25 May)
- Parliament – Third Protectorate (until 27 January, until 22 April), Protectorate Rump (starting 7 May, until 13 October), Second Commonwealth Rump (starting 26 December)
Events
- 31 January - Central England temperature record begins monthly recording.
- 16 February – the first known cheque (400 pounds) is written.[1][2]
- 22 April – Lord Protector Richard Cromwell is forced by the 'Wallingford House party' (grandees of the New Model Army) to disband the Parliament of England.
- 25 April – Great fire in Southwold, Suffolk.
- 7 May – Rump Parliament reassembles at the invitation of the Council of Officers and appoints a Committee of Safety to form the executive until a new Council of State is appointed on 19 May.[3]
- 22 May – Treaty of The Hague signed by France, Netherlands and England.[4]
- 25 May – Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector.[5]
- 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)
- 20 August – Henry Every, pirate
Deaths
- 26 July – Mary Frith, cutpurse (born c.1584)
- 20 September – Thomas Morton, deposed bishop (born 1564)
- 31 October – John Bradshaw, judge and regicide (born 1602)
References
Шаблон:England year nav Шаблон:Year in Europe
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