Major Events
- Jan 23 Sir Thomas Fairfax takes Leeds for Parliamentarians in English Civil War
- Feb 25 Pavonia Massacre: Dutch US colonists kill 120 Algonquin Native Americans at Communipaw (New Jersey)
- Apr 27 Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez" premieres in Madrid
- May 8 Lady Blanche Arundell, surrenders Wardour Castle, which she had led the defense of against siege by Parliamentarian forces [1]
- May 10 Essex County, Massachusetts is founded, which contains the town of Salem in which the notorious witch-trials will occur in 1692
- May 13 Battle of Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists
- May 13 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago Chile; kills 1/3 of population
- May 14 Louis XIV becomes King of France aged 4
- May 19 Battle at Rocroi/Allersheim: French army destroys Spanish army
- May 19 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form the United Colonies of New England
- More 1643 Events
Isaac Newton
Louis XIII
Rembrandt van Rijn
Charles I
Louis XIV