1643

Years: 1640 1641 1642 - 1643 - 1644 1645 1646
Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1643 in literature 1643 in science

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

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 TÃÂ¼ttlingen 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
ÃÂmÃÂ¥l is granted its city charter
Miyamoto Musashi dictates The Book of Five Rings (Go Rin No Sho) to his student, completing it in 1654 just before his death