1659 in England

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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.

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

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1659 in Europe

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Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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