1643
EventsJanuary 21 - Abel Tasman discovers TongaFebruary 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands. May 14 - Four year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. May 19 - Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France. July 13 - English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down - In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller. Austro-Bavarian army defeats French at Duttlingen.The Royalist forces supporting Charles I in the English Civil War win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire.End of the reign of Empress Meisho of JapanEmperor Go-Komyo ascends to the throne of JapanEvangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometerNew England Confederation is formedBattle of Tüttlingen foughtBaden-Baden pillaged by the FrenchJohn Colgan published the first two volumes of the Acta SanctorumPaul Chomedey de Maisonneuve places the first cross atop Mount RoyalÅmål is granted its city charterMiyamoto Musashi dictates The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) to his student, completing it in 1654 just before his death Hong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of the Manchu dies and is succeeded by his five year-old son, the later Shunzhi Emperor of China.
Ongoing eventsEnglish Civil War (1642-1649)
BirthsJanuary 4 - Sir Isaac Newton.August 21 - Future King Alphonso VI of Portugal.Future Ottoman sultan Ahmed II
Deaths March 1 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian keyboard composer (b. 1583) May 14 - Louis XIII of France (b. 1601) November 29, Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politicianHong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of the Manchu
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