1643
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| Centuries: | 16th century - 17th century - 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1640 1641 1642 - 1643 - 1644 1645 1646 |
| 1643 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1643 (MDCXLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1643
[edit] January - June
- January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers the island of Tonga.
- February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands.
- March 13 - First Battle of Middlewich in the English Civil War. During this battle the Roundheads routed the Cavaliers at Middlewich in Cheshire, England
- May 14 - Louis XIV (of France) succeeds Louis XIII.
- May 19 - Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the Spanish at Rocroi, France.
- June 30 - Cavaliers (supporters of Charles I in the English Civil War) win the Battle of Adwalton Moor and gain control of Yorkshire.
[edit] July - December
- 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.
- October 28 - The Dutch corsairs end their ocupation of Valdivia.
[edit] Undated
- An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn inaugurated as the last king of Connacht.
- Austro-Bavarian army defeats French at Duttlingen.
- End of the reign of Empress Meishō.
- Emperor Go-Komyo ascends to the throne of Japan.
- Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.
- New England Confederation is formed.
- Battle of Tüttlingen fought.
- Baden-Baden pillaged by the French.
- John Colgan published the first two volumes of the Acta Sanctorum.
- Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve places the first cross atop Mount Royal.
- Åmål 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.
- Claudio Monteverdi's opera l'Incoronazione di Poppea is first performed
- Hong Taiji, Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of the Manchu dies and is succeeded by his five year-old son, the later Shunzhi Emperor of China.
- Roger Williams, a co-founder of Rhode Island, publishes A Key into the Language of America.
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1643 MDCXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2396 |
| Armenian calendar | 1092 ԹՎ ՌՂԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -201 – -200 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2187 |
| Chinese calendar | 4279/4339-intercalary 11-11 (壬午年閏十一月十一日) — to —
4280/4340-11-21(癸未年十一月廿一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1635 – 1636 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5403 – 5404 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1698 – 1699 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1565 – 1566 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4744 – 4745 |
| Holocene calendar | 11643 |
| Iranian calendar | 1021 – 1022 |
| Islamic calendar | 1052 – 1053 |
| Japanese calendar | Kan'ei 20 (寛永20年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2303 (皇紀2303年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11643 |
| Julian calendar | 1688 |
| Korean calendar | 3976 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2186 |
- January 4 (N.S.) - Sir Isaac Newton, mathematician and physicist (died 1727)
- February 16 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of Yorkshire (died 1714)
- February 25 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1695)
- March 25 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (died 1680)
- April 3 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (died 1690)
- May 7 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native Mayor of New York (died 1700)
- August 12 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (died 1683)
- September 18 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (died 1715)
- September 27 - Solomon Stoddard, American minister (died 1729)
- October 14 - Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (died 1712)
- November 1 - John Strype, English historian and biographer (died 1737)
- November 22 - René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (died 1687)
[edit] Unknown dates
- (none)
- See also Category: 1643 births.
[edit] Deaths
- February 25 - Marco da Gagliano, Italian composer (b. 1582)
- March 1 - Girolamo Frescobaldi, Italian composer (b. 1583)
- April 4 - Simon Episcopius, Dutch theologian (b. 1583)
- April 20 - Christoph Demantius, German composer (b. 1567)
- May 14 - King Louis XIII of France (b. 1601)
- July 25 - Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, English statesman (b. 1584)
- August 20 - Anne Hutchinson, English Puritan preacher (b. 1591)
- September 15 - Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, Irish politician (b. 1566)
- September 20 - Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, English politician and writer
- November 3 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1583)
- November 3 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
- November 16 - Jean-Baptiste Budes, Comte de Guébriant, Marshal of France (b. 1602)
- November 29 - William Cartwright, English dramatist (b. 1611)
- November 29 - Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer (b. 1567)
- December 8 - John Pym, English statesman (b. 1583)
- Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566)
[edit] Unknown dates
- Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art (b. 1566)
- Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politician
- Emperor Hong Taiji of China (b. 1592)
- See also Category:1643 deaths.
