Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s
Years: 1638 1639 1640 1641 1642 - 1643 - 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648
Events January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers Tonga May 14 - Four year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII. May 19 - Battle of Rocroi: French victory over the 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 Parliamentarian Sir William Waller. Austro-Bavarian army defeats French at Duttlingen. The Royalist forces supporting 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 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 French first two volumes of the Acta Sanctorum published Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve places the first cross atop Mount Royal Åmål is granted its city charter Ongoing events English Civil War (1642-1649) Births August 21 - Future King Alphonso VI of Portugal. Future Ottoman sultan Ahmed II Deaths May 14 - Louis XIII of France November 11, Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer Herman Wrangel, Swedish soldier and politician
