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| 1642 |
| | | Charles I withdraws to Oxford, where he establishes his court for the rest of the war | |
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| 1642 |
| | | The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman attempts to land in Golden Bay, New Zealand, resulting in a clash with the Maoris | |
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| 1643 |
| | | Louis XIV inherits the throne of France at the age of four | |
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| 1643 |
| | | Mazarin becomes principal minister in France, selected by the queen regent on the death of Louis XIII | |
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| 1643 |
| | | Abel Tasman reaches yet more islands previously unknown to Europeans – Tonga and Fiji | |
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| 1643 |
| | | Evangelista Torricelli, observing variations in a column of mercury, discovers the principle of the barometer | |
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| 1643 |
| | | The Prince de Condé and the Vicomte de Turenne emerge as brilliant generals in France's wars | |
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| 1644 |
| | | The British East India Company completes the construction of Fort St George in Madras | |
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| 1644 |
| | | The Powhatan leader Opechancanough launches another surprise attack on the Virgiinia settlements, killing about 500 colonists | |
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| 1644 |
| | | The last Ming emperor hangs himself, and China acquires a new and final dynasty - the Qing | |
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