Notable Historical Events - 1642
1642 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 4 |
King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament |
Jan 10 |
King Charles I & family flee London for Oxford |
Mar 1 |
Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city |
Mar 9 |
English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands |
Mar 12 |
Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand |
Mar 27 |
The sixth Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Joseph takes office. |
May 6 |
Ville Marie (Montreal) forms |
May 18 |
Montreal, Canada, founded |
May 30 |
All honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament |
Jun 14 |
1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts |
Aug 13 |
Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap |
Aug 14 |
Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia |
Aug 22 |
Civil War in England began between Royalists & Parliament |
Sep 19 |
Perpignan surrenders to French troops |
Sep 23 |
Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass, 1st commencement |
Oct 23 |
Battle of Edgehill (Warwickshire): King Charles I beat English parliamentarian forces |
Nov 2 |
2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III |
Nov 13 |
Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament |
Nov 24 |
Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) |
Dec 13 |
Dutch explorer Abel Tasman sights the South Island of present day New Zealand; initially he calls it Staten Landt and changes it a year later to Nieuw Zeeland |
Dec 18 |
Abel Tasman's expedition sails around Farewell Spit and into Golden Bay, first sighting local Māori |
Dec 19 |
4 of Tasman's crew are killed at Wharewharangi (Murderers) Bay by Māori; Tasman's ships depart without landing |
Dec 22 |
Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente |
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