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 by topic:
Science - State leaders - Literature - Music

Events

January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga
February 6 - Abel Tasman discovers the Fiji islands.
May 14 - Four year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. that is wrong - Louis comes to the throne in 1661
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.
An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn inaugurated as the last king of Connacht
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 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
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.

February 16 - John Sharp, English Archbishop of Yorkshire (d. 1714)
February 25 - Ahmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1695)
March 25 - Louis Moréri, French encylopedist (d. 1680)
April 3 - Charles IV, Duke of Lorraine, general of the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1690)
May 7 - Stephanus Van Cortlandt, first native Mayor of New York (d. 1700)
August 12 - King Afonso VI of Portugal (d. 1683)
September 18 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (d. 1715)
October 13 - Bahadur Shah I, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1712)
November 1 - John Strype, English historian and biographer (d. 1737)
November 22 - René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, French explorer (d. 1687)
January 4 - Isaac Newton, mathematician and physicist (d. 1727)

See also @ 1643 births.

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
September 27 - Solomon Stoddard, American minister
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)
Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politician
Emperor Hong Taiji of China (b. 1592)

See also @ 1643 deaths.