Deaths on February 17

Abel Servien

Died on February 17, 1659

Abel Servien, French politician, French Minister of Finance (b. 1593)

Abel Servien, marquis de Sablé et de Boisdauphin and comte de La Roche des Aubiers (1 November 1593 – 17 February 1659) was a French diplomat who served Cardinal Mazarin and signed for the French the Treaty of Westphalia. He was an early member of the noblesse de robe in the service of the French state.

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Abel Servien
Minister of the Economy, Finances and Industry (France)

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Events on 1659

6 May

Wallingford House party
English Restoration: A faction of the British Army removes Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth and reinstalls the Rump Parliament.
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