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What Happened in January 1642

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Historical Events

Charles I Attacks Parliament

Jan 4 King Charles I, with 400 soldiers, attacks the English Parliament

King of England Charles I
  • Jan 10 King Charles I and family flee London for Hampton Court fearing for their lives, not to return for 7 years
Events in 1642

Famous Birthdays

  • Jan 2 Mehmed IV, Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-87), born in Topkapı Palace, Constantinople (d. 1693)
Born in 1642

Famous Deaths

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

Jan 8 Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer who has been called the father of science, dies at 77

Galileo Galilei

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