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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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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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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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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Breitenfeld 1642 (in German). H. Weishaupt. ISBN 9783900310592. Rudert, Otto (1937). Die Kämpfe um Leipzig im Großen Kriege: 1631–1642 (in German). Leipzig:...
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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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Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 (redirect from Chesapeake and Ohio 1642)
sometimes ran as long as 20-40 cars (1500-3000 tons). On June 9, 1953, No. 1642 suffered a crown sheet failure and subsequent boiler explosion due to a prolonged...
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First English Civil War (section 1642)
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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