1659 in France

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)
 * Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (d. 1715)
 * 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)
 * Charles Ancillon, French Protestant pastor (d. 1715)
 * 18 July – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (d. 1743)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 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)
 * 8 October – Jean de Quen, French Jesuit missionary and historian (b. c. 1603)