Events from the year 1659 in France.
Incumbents Monarch: Louis XIV
Events 21 May – France, the Commonwealth of England, and the Dutch Republic sign the Concert of The Hague. 7 November – 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 4 March – Pierre Lepautre (1659–1744), French artist (d. 1744) 8 March – Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (d. 1738) 22 June – Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure, French officer and governor of Acadia (d. 1711) 18 July – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
Full date unknown Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (d. 1715)
Deaths 16 January – Charles Annibal Fabrot, French lawyer (b. 1580) 17 February – Abel Servien, French diplomat (b. 1593) 8 October – Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian (b. c. 1603)
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