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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 1640s BC (redirect from 1642 BC)
     1640–1630 BC Ishkibal, King of the Sealand, r. 1657–1642 BC Shushshi, King of the Sealand, r. 1642–1618 BC Shahmiri, Cyrus (2004). "The Elamite Empire"...
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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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  • The 1642 Yellow River flood or Kaifeng flood was a man-made disaster in October, 1642, that principally affected Kaifeng and Xuzhou. Kaifeng is located...
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