1643

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s

Years: 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 - 1643 - 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648

• January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga
• May 14 - Four year-old Louix 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.
• 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

Births

• August 21 - Future King Alphonso VI of Portugal.
• Future Ottoman sultan Ahmed II

Deaths

• May 14 - Louis XIII of France
• November 11, Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer.