What happened in 1642?

English Civil War begins

Major Events · Nottingham, England

King Charles I raises his standard, beginning a conflict between Royalists and Parliamentarians.

English Civil War

Wars & Conflicts

Series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists

Battle of Edgehill

Wars & Conflicts · Edgehill

1642 battle during the English Civil War

Battle of Breitenfeld

Wars & Conflicts · Breitenfeld

Battle of the Thirty Years' War in 1642

Battle of Honnecourt

Wars & Conflicts · Honnecourt-sur-Escaut

1642 battle of the Franco-Spanish War of 1635–1659

Battle of Turnham Green

Wars & Conflicts · Turnham Green

1642 battle of the First English Civil War

Battle of Lleida

Wars & Conflicts · Lleida

Battle fought on October 7, 1642

Battle of Brentford

Wars & Conflicts · Brentford

Battle of 1642

Battle of Powick Bridge

Wars & Conflicts · Worcester

1642 first major cavalry engagement of the English Civil War

Battle of Kempen

Wars & Conflicts · Tönisvorst

1642 battle of the thirty years' war

Battle of Liscarroll

Wars & Conflicts · Liscarroll

1642 battle

Battle of Montmeló

Wars & Conflicts · Montmeló

1642 battle

Battle of Kilrush

Wars & Conflicts · Kilrush

1642 battle

Final Battle of San Salvador

Wars & Conflicts · Keelung

1642 military assault

Siege of Hull

Wars & Conflicts · Kingston upon Hull

1642 first major action of the English Civil War

Siege of Plymouth

Wars & Conflicts · Plymouth

1646 battle of the English Civil War

Battle of Aylesbury

Wars & Conflicts · Holman's Bridge

Battle in 1643 during the First English Civil War

Siege of Limerick

Wars & Conflicts · Limerick

1642 English Protestants surrendered to Confederate Catholics

Siege of Portsmouth

Wars & Conflicts · Portsmouth

1642 siege during the English Civil War

Siege of Reading

Wars & Conflicts · Reading

Eleven-day blockade of Reading, Berkshire 1643

Battle of Babylon Hill

Wars & Conflicts · Babylon Hill

1642 a skirmish of First English Civil War

Battle of Kings Norton

Wars & Conflicts · Kings Norton

1642 battle

Siege of Chichester

Wars & Conflicts · Chichester

1642 siege

Battle of Tadcaster

Wars & Conflicts · Tadcaster

1642 battle of the First English Civil War

Battle of Piercebridge

Wars & Conflicts

1642 battle of the First English Civil War

Siege of Exeter

Wars & Conflicts · Exeter

1642 siege during the First English Civil War

Battle of Marshall's Elm

Wars & Conflicts

1642 skirmish in Somerset prior to the English Civil War

Sieges of Bradford

Wars & Conflicts

Civil War skirmishes in Bradford, England

Dano-Mughal War

Wars & Conflicts · Indian subcontinent

Danish colonial conflict against the Mughal Empire

Battle of Barcelona

Wars & Conflicts · Barcelona

Naval battle during the Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) in 1642

Galileo Galilei died

People · Arcetri

Italian polymath (1564–1642)

Jean Nicolet died

People · Sillery

French explorer & independent fur-trader (Born: C.E.1598—Demised: C.E.1642)

Martine Bertereau died

People · Vincennes

French scientist (c. 1590 - after 1642)

António Fernandes died

People · Goa

Portuguese Jesuit missionary

Johann Daniel Mylius died

People · Gemünden

Alchemist and composer

Giovanni Battista Buonamente died

People · Assisi

Italian composer (1595–1642)

Shitao born

People · Guilin

Born in Guilin. Chinese painter and poet (1642-1707).

Ihara Saikaku born

People · Nakatsu

Born in Nakatsu. Japanese writer.

Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany born

People · Florence

Born in Florence. Grand Prince of Tuscany (1642-1723).

Zheng Jing born

People · Nan'an

Born in Nan'an. Son of Koxinga (1642-1681).

Gülnuş Sultan born

People · Rethymno

Born in Rethymno. Haseki Sultan of Mehmed IV, mother and Valide Sultan of Mustafa II and Ahmed III..

Louis I, Prince of Monaco born

People · Prince's Palace

Born in Prince's Palace. Monegasque prince (1642-1701).

Bicêtre Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Paris, France

Synod of Jassy

Religion & Belief Systems · Iași

Synod (25 Sept.–27 Oct. 1642) convened in Iași by Patriarch Parthenius I of Constantinople to counter the Protestant Reformation; condemned teachings ascribed to Cyril Lucaris; ratified Peter Mogila's Expositio fidei

Slonim Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Slonim, Belarus

Tykocin Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Former synagogue in Tykocin, Poland

Mariä Namen

Religion & Belief Systems · Weiterskirchen

Church building in Weiterskirchen, Germany

Heilig Kreuz

Religion & Belief Systems · Gronsdorf

Filial church in Gronsdorf, Haar (bei München), Germany

Holy Spirit Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Belarus

Piarist monastery (Podolínec)

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery and national cultural monument in the town of Podolínec, Stará Ľubovňa district, Slovakia

Couvent des Récollets

Religion & Belief Systems

Convent located in Ille-et-Vilaine, in France

Saint Joseph church in Popów

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Popów, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Santa Maria della Pietà

Religion & Belief Systems

Kamenný toskánský sloupek

Religion & Belief Systems

Franziskanerkloster Dingolfing

Religion & Belief Systems

Human settlement

Chapelle des pénitents de Frontignan

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Hérault, in France

Parish Church of San Nazzaro in Castelrotto

Religion & Belief Systems · Castelrotto

Church building in Castelrotto in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Barker's Farm

Economy & Trade · North Andover

American farm and orchard in North Andover, Massachusetts

Krupa monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Serbian Orthodox monastery in Croatia

Brühl Palace, Warsaw

Architecture & Engineering

Building

Wooden church of Hirișeni

Architecture & Engineering · Village museum of Chișinău

Wooden church relocated to Chișinău from Hirișeni

Chapelle Sainte-Ursule de la Sorbonne

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel located in Paris, in France

Church of Our Lady of Loreto

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Warsaw, Poland

church of Saint Andrew, Madrid

Architecture & Engineering

Church and cultural property in Madrid, Spain

Troitsky Markov Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Men's Orthodox monastery in Vitebsk

Santa Teresa, Turin

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Italy

Fort Ville-Marie

Architecture & Engineering

Fort

Fort of São Pedro

Architecture & Engineering · Estoril

Building in Cascais e Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal

Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira

Architecture & Engineering · São João do Estoril

Building in Cascais e Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal

St. Margarethen Chapel

Architecture & Engineering · St. Margarethen

Chapel in St. Margarethen in the canton of Thurgau, Switzerland

Dargye Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery in Wuzhong, Garzê County, Kardze, Sichuan, China

German Church

Architecture & Engineering · Gamla stan

Church building in Stockholm, Sweden

Chapelle Sainte-Anne de Flobecq-Bois

Architecture & Engineering · Flobecq

Chapel in Flobecq, Belgium

Kingdom of Sikkim founded

Empires & Countries

Kingdom of Sikkim was founded.

Confederate Ireland founded

Empires & Countries · Kilkenny

Confederate Ireland was founded, with its capital at Kilkenny.

Kazikumukh Khanate founded

Empires & Countries · Kumukh

Kazikumukh Khanate was founded, with its capital at Kumukh.

Kazikumukh Shamkhalate dissolved

Empires & Countries · Kumukh

Kazikumukh Shamkhalate ceased to exist, having been centered at Kumukh.

Principality of Sedan dissolved

Empires & Countries · Sedan

Principality of Sedan ceased to exist, having been centered at Sedan.

Jath State founded

Empires & Countries

Jath State was founded.