What is 1643?
{{Year nav|1643}} {{Year in various calendars|1643}} {{Year article header|1643}} == Events == *[[January 21]] – [[Abel Tasman]] discovers [[Tonga]] *[[February 6]] – [[Abel Tasman]] discovers the [[Fiji]] islands. * [[May 19]] – [[Battle of Rocroi]]: [[France|French]] victory over the [[Spain|Spanish]] at [[Rocroi]], [[France]]. * [[July 13]] – [[English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Roundway Down]] – In [[England]], Lord [[Henry Wilmot, Earl of Rochester]], commanding the Royalist forces, wins a crushing victory over the [[Parliament]]arian Sir [[William Waller]]. * An Calbhach mac Aodha O Conchobhair Donn inaugurated as the last king of [[Connacht]] * [[Austro-Bavarian]] army defeats [[France|French]] at [[Duttlingen]]. *The [[Royalist]] forces supporting [[Charles I of England|Charles I]] in the [[English Civil War]] win the [[Battle of Adwalton Moor]] and gain control of [[Yorkshire]]. *End of the reign of [[Empress Meisho of Japan]] *[[Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan|Emperor Go-Komyo]] ascends to the throne of [[Japan]] *[[Evangelista Torricelli]] invents the [[mercury barometer]] *[[New England Confederation]] is formed *[[Battle of Tüttlingen]] fought *[[Baden-Baden]] pillaged by the [[France|French]] *[[John Colgan]] published the first two volumes of the ''[[Acta Sanctorum]]'' *[[Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve]] places the first cross atop [[Mount Royal]] *[[Åmål]] is granted its city charter *[[Miyamoto Musashi]] dictates ''[[The Book of Five Rings]]'' (''[[Go Rin No Sho]]'') to his student, completing it in 1654 just before his death * [[Hong Taiji]], Emperor of the [[Qing Dynasty]] of the [[Manchu]] dies and is succeeded by his five-year-old son, the later [[Shunzhi Emperor]] of [[China]]. * [[Roger Williams (theologian)|Roger Williams]], a co-founder of [[Rhode Island]], publishes ''A Key Into the Language of America'' * [[Evangelista Torricelli]] invented the [[Barometer]]. == Births == * [[January 4]] – Sir [[Isaac Newton]], English scientist (d. [[1727]]) * == Deaths == * * [[Category:1643| ]]