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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agreed the Concordat of Worms (pictured), ending the Investiture Controversy. 1642 – First English Civil War: The Battle of Powick Bridge, the first engagement...
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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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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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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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Volume 2", Jeremiah Holmes Wiffen, Longman, 1833. "RUSSELL, Hon. Edward (c.1642-1714)". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 13 July 2016. Collins, Arthur...
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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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