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    1659 (MDCLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1659th...
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    his son, Richard Cromwell, the Protectorate Parliament was dissolved in 1659 and the Rump Parliament recalled, starting a process that led to the restoration...
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  • 1650s BC (redirect from 1659 BC)
    The 1650s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1659 BC to December 31, 1650 BC. c. 1655 BC—Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, dies. c. 1650 BC—Greeks...
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  • The Mughal war of succession of 1658–1659 was a war of succession fought between the four sons of Shah Jahan: Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh, Murad Bakhsh, and...
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  • Lawrence Washington (September 1659 – February 1698) was a colonial-era Virginia planter, slave holder, lawyer, soldier and politician. He also was the...
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    1650s (redirect from 1650–1659)
    The 1650s decade ran from January 1, 1650, to December 31, 1659. January 7 – Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, dies after a reign of more than 63 years...
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    The Franco-Spanish War was fought from 1635 to 1659 between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points. The first phase, beginning...
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    The two met in a hut in the foothills of Pratapgad fort on 10 November 1659. The arrangements had dictated that each come armed only with a sword, and...
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    result, when this Third Protectorate Parliament first sat on 27 January 1659 it was dominated by moderate Presbyterians, crypto-royalists and a small...
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    Muhammad ibn Ali Idrisi-Joutey (1465–1471) Muhammad al-Hajj ad-Dila'i (1659–1663) 1631–1957: Sultans of Morocco 1957–present: Kings of Morocco Royal...
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  • undertaken by the English economist William Petty between December 1654 and 1659. This 'census' was completed on behalf of the Commonwealth government probably...
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  • The year 1659 in science and technology involved some significant events. Christiaan Huygens publishes Systema Saturnium, including the first illustration...
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  • Prince Aleksander Koniecpolski (1620–1659) was a Polish nobleman. He became the Grand Standard-Bearer of the Crown in 1641, the Palatine of Sandomierz...
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    The Battle of Pratapgad took place on 10 November 1659, at Pratapgarh Fort in Satara. The battle was fought between the Maratha forces led by Shivaji and...
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  • 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654 1655 1656 1657 1658 1659 1660 … In science 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 1653 Art Archaeology Architecture...
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  • John Crowley (3 November 1689 – 1728) of Barking, Suffolk, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1728. Crowley was the...
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    his son and designated successor Richard Cromwell (September 1658 – May 1659) during what is now known as The Protectorate. The 1653 Instrument of Government...
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    Stormen på København) also known as the Battle of Copenhagen on 11 February 1659 was a major engagement during the Second Northern War, taking place during...
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  • St Nicholas Abbey (plantation house) in Saint Peter, Barbados, is begun. 1659 Trashigang Dzong in Bhutan is built. Ca' Pesaro on the Grand Canal (Venice)...
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  • period) 1656-1657 Ibrahim Pasha (second period) 1657-1659 Ahmed Pasha (third period) 1658-1659 1659-1660: Khalil Agha 1660-1661: Ramadan Agha 1661-1665:...
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    Parliament in 1659. Along with the Army, it was unable to form a stable government. After seven months, the Army removed Cromwell; on 6 May 1659, it reinstalled...
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  • Events in the year 1659 in India. The reign of Aurungzebe begins (reigned till 1707). Everyman's Dictionary of Dates; 6th ed. J. M. Dent, 1971; p. 261...
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    the death of Cromwell in September 1658, the Rump was reinstalled in May 1659, and in February 1660 General George Monck allowed the members barred in...
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    Protector had little experience of either military or civil administration. In 1659, the Rump Parliament was recalled and Richard Cromwell resigned. During the...
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  • 1653–1658) Gheorghe III Ghica, Voivode (1658–1659) Constantin Șerban, Voivode (1659, 1661) Ștefan X Lupu, Voivode (1659–1661, 1661) Eustratie Dabija, Voivode...
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    Stanisław Potocki hr. Piława (Polish pronunciation: [pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi], 1659 – September 12, 1683 at the Battle of Vienna), was a Polish noble, starost of Halicz...
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    1609 – 2 October 1681) was an immigrant to Massachusetts from England. In 1659 he led a group of investors that bought Nantucket from Thomas Mayhew for...
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  • Pozharsky and Semyon Lvov, supported by Cossacks of Ivan Bezpaly, on 29 June 1659, near the town of Konotop, Ukraine, during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)...
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    Algiers, the Barbary slave trade reached an apex. After the janissary coup of 1659, the Regency became a sovereign military republic, its rulers were thenceforth...
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    founder of the Ghica family, was Prince of Moldavia in 1658–1659 and Prince of Wallachia in 1659–1660. While in Istanbul, he became close friends with the...
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