1643

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Events

January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga
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 Japan
Emperor Go-Komyo ascends to the throne of Japan
Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer
New England Confederation is formed
Battle of Tüttlingen fought
Baden-Baden pillaged by the French
first two volumes of the Acta Sanctorum published
Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve places the first cross atop Mount Royal
Åmål is granted its city charter

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