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    1642 (MDCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1642nd...
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    machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle...
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    NGC 1642 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Taurus. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,575 ± 3 km/s, which corresponds...
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  • The year 1642 in science and technology involved some significant events. Rundetårn astronomical observatory for the University of Copenhagen is completed...
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    Princess Katarzyna Ostrogska (1602–1642) was a Polish–Lithuanian noblewoman, founder of the city of Biała (modern Janów Lubelski). She was the maternal...
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  • 1640s BC (redirect from 1642 BC)
     1640–1630 BC Ishkibal, King of the Sealand, r. 1657–1642 BC Shushshi, King of the Sealand, r. 1642–1618 BC Shahmiri, Cyrus (2004). "The Elamite Empire"...
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  • On 2 September 1642, just after the First English Civil War had begun, the Long Parliament ordered the closure of all London theatres. The order cited...
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  • The 1642 Yellow River flood or Kaifeng flood was a man-made disaster in October, 1642, that principally affected Kaifeng and Xuzhou. Kaifeng is located...
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    The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. An estimated...
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    Events from the year 1642 in Sweden Monarch – Christina Battle of Schweidnitz. 23 October - Battle of Breitenfeld (1642), the Second Battle of Breitenfeld...
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    Julianstown 1642 – Battle of Swords 1642 – Battle of Liscarroll 1642 – Battle of Kilrush 1642 – Battle of Glenmaquin 1642 – Sack of the Claddagh 1642 – Siege...
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    the Parliamentarian army when the First English Civil War began in August 1642, and quickly demonstrated his military abilities. In 1645, he was appointed...
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    Palatine of Simmern. Maria of Nassau or Maria of Orange-Nassau (5 September 1642 – 20 March 1688) was a Dutch princess of the house of Orange and by marriage...
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  • William Allestry (ca. 1642 – ca. 1700) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1685 to 1689. Allestry was the son of...
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  • Beggar regulation of 1642 (Swedish: 1642 års tiggareordning) was a Swedish Poor Law which organized the public Poor relief in the Sweden. The regulations...
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    from 1642 to 1804. The Scots Guards (SG) is a regiment of the Guards Division of the British Army. The Scots Guards trace their origins back to 1642 when...
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    and Scottish parliaments, and helped precipitate his own downfall. From 1642, Charles fought the armies of the English and Scottish parliaments in the...
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  • Volume 2", Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, Longman, 1833. "RUSSELL, Hon. Edward (c.1642-1714)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016. Collins, Arthur...
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  • 1636 1637 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 1649 1650 1651 1652 … In literature 1639 1640 1641 1642 1643 1644 1645 Art Archaeology...
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    Cabo de Gata near Cartagena, Spain. After a series of victories in 1641 and 1642 the French Navy dominated the Western Mediterranean Sea. France was also...
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    child, Titus, who was born in 1641, survived into adulthood. Saskia died in 1642, probably from tuberculosis. Rembrandt's drawings of her on her sick and...
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    during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain-General and Chief Commander of the Parliamentarian...
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    Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves. Although it...
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    Hobbes witnessed the destruction and brutality of the English Civil War from 1642 to 1651 between Parliamentarians and Royalists, which heavily influenced...
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    symbol of Tibetan nationhood for Tibetans both in Tibet and in exile. From 1642 until 1705 and from 1750 to the 1950s, the Dalai Lamas or their regents headed...
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  • The year 1642 in music involved some significant events. Bartolomeo Montalbano becomes Kapellmeister at San Francesco in Bologna. Christoph Demantius –...
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    Isaac Newton (category 1642 births)
    Sir Isaac Newton FRS (25 December 1642 – 20 March 1726/27) was an English polymath active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian...
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    on Sunday, 23 October 1642. All attempts at constitutional compromise between King Charles and Parliament broke down early in 1642. Both the King and Parliament...
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    1612, but only lasted 4 years until it was eliminated by the Portuguese. In 1642, Louis XIII authorised French subjects to engage in the Atlantic slave trade...
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  • Isaac Newton (1642–1726) was an English mathematician and physicist. Isaac Newton may also refer to: 8000 Isaac Newton, a main-belt asteroid Isaac Newton...
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