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What Happened in November 1642

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Nov 2 Second Battle of Breitenfeld, aka First Battle of Leipzig; victory for the Swedish army under Field Marshal Lennart Torstenson over Holy Roman Empire army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria

Battle at Turnham Green

Nov 13 Battle at Turnham Green outside London: King Charles I vs English parliament

King of England Charles I

Van Diemen's Land

Nov 24 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to discover Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

Explorer and Seafarer Abel Tasman

Famous Birthdays

Nov 16 Cornelis Evertsen the Youngest, Dutch admiral and buccaneer of Zeeland, born in Vlissingen, Netherlands (d. 1706)
Nov 24 Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, French naval commander and national hero under Louis XIV, Marshal of France, born in Paris, France (d. 1701)

Famous Deaths

Nov 1 Jean Nicolet, French explorer (b. 1598)
Nov 7 Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester, English politician

Famous People Who Were

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