WHAT HAPPENED IN 1643.
Look what happened the 1643.

Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. (14. May 1643)

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. (19. May 1643)

English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down – In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller. (13. July 1643)

English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire. (13. December 1643)

Christmas Island found and named by Captain William Mynors of the East India Company vessel, the Royal Mary. (25. December 1643)

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