1643 - What happened in 1643 ?

January 1643

Wednesday 21:

Abel Tasman discovers Tonga.

May 1643

Thursday 14:

Four year-old Louix XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.

Tuesday 19:

Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.

July 1643

Monday 13:

In England, Lord Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the Parliamentarian Sir William Waller.

December 1643

Sunday 13:

English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.