WHAT HAPPENED IN 1642.
Look what happened the 1642.

King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England's slide into civil war. (4. January 1642)

Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States. (1. March 1642)

Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Parliamentarian army. (15. April 1642)

Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founds the Ville Marie de Montréal. (17. May 1642)

From this date all honors granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament. (30. May 1642)

Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. The English Civil War begins. (22. August 1642)

First commencement exercises occur at Harvard College. (23. September 1642)

Battle of Edgehill: First major battle of the First English Civil War. (23. October 1642)

First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London. (13. November 1642)

Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania). (24. November 1642)

Abel Tasman reaches New Zealand. (13. December 1642)

Abel Tasman becomes first European to sight New Zealand. (18. December 1642)