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1642 Historical Event(s)
January 4, 1642
– King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war.
March 1, 1642
– Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
May 17, 1642
– Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal.
August 22, 1642
– Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. The English Civil War begins.
September 23, 1642
– First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
October 23, 1642
– Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War.
November 13, 1642
– First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
November 24, 1642
– Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen’s Land (later renamed Tasmania).
December 13, 1642
– Abel Janszoon Tasman reaches New Zealand.
December 18, 1642
– Abel Tasman becomes first European to land in New Zealand.
Who Were Born On 1642?
January 2, 1642
– Mehmed IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1693)
February 18, 1642
– Marie Champmeslé, French actress (d. 1698)
April 15, 1642
– Suleiman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1691)
August 14, 1642
– Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1723)
December 6, 1642
– Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
December 25, 1642
– Isaac Newton, English scientist and mathematician (d. 1727)
December 30, 1642
– Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)