What is 1642?

Information about 1642

Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century
Decades: 850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
Years:885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891


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Year 1642 (MDCXLII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1642

January - June

July - December

Undated

Births

1642 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1642
MDCXLII
Ab urbe condita2395
Armenian calendar1091
ԹՎ ՌՂԱ
Bah' calendar-202 – -201
Buddhist calendar2186
Chinese calendar4278/4338-7-26
(辛巳年七月廿六日)
— to —
4279/4339-7-7
(壬午年七月初七日)
Coptic calendar1358 – 1359
Ethiopian calendar1634 – 1635
Hebrew calendar 5402 – 5403
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1697 – 1698
 - Shaka Samvat1564 – 1565
 - Kali Yuga4743 – 4744
Holocene calendar11642
Iranian calendar1020 – 1021
Islamic calendar1052 – 1053
Japanese calendarKan'ei 0
(寛永0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2302
(皇紀2302年)
Julian calendar1687
Korean calendar3975
Thai solar calendar2185
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    Upper Paleolithic
  • 10th millennium BC | 9th millennium BC | 8th millennium BC
  • 7th millennium BC | 6th millennium BC | 5th millennium BC

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The 8th century is the period from 701 to 800 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian Era.

Overview

During this century the Middle East, the coast of North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula comes rapidly under Islamic Arab domination.
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As a means of recording the passage of time the 9th century was the century that lasted from 801 to 900.

Western European

"Dark Ages" applied later to this period


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As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000.

Overview

The tenth century is usually regarded as a low point in European history. In China it was also a period of political upheaval.
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list of decades which have articles with more information about them.

During the twentieth century, it became popular to look at that century's decades as historical entities in themselves.
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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

820s 830s 840s - 850s - 860s 870s 880s
850 851 852 853 854
855 856 857 858 859

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Events and trends

  • 850–859: Christian "Martyr Movement" in Muslim Córdoba, Spain.

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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

830s 840s 850s - 860s - 870s 880s 890s
860 861 862 863 864
865 866 867 868 869

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Events and Trends

  • Rurik establishes the state of Novgorod (later Kievan Rus')

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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

840s 850s 860s - 870s - 880s 890s 900s
870 871 872 873 874
875 876 877 878 879

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Events and Trends

  • The Danes invade England (870) and conquer East Anglia.

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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s
880 881 882 883 884
885 886 887 888 889

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Events and Trends

  • 885 — Vikings lay siege to Paris

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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

860s 870s 880s - 890s - 900s 910s 920s
890 891 892 893 894
895 896 897 898 899

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Events and Trends

  • 899 — Death of Alfred the Great

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Centuries: 8th century - 9th century - 10th century

870s 880s 890s - 900s - 910s 920s 930s
900 901 902 903 904
905 906 907 908 909

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Events and Trends

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Centuries: 9th century - 10th century - 11st century

880s 890s 900s - 910s - 920s 930s 940s
910 911 912 913 914
915 916 917 918 919

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  • Construction begins on the first church at the monastery of Cluny.

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This page indexes the individual years pages.

Twenty-first century

2100 - 2099 - 2098 - 2097 - 2096 - 2095 - 2094 - 2093 - 2092 - 2091
2090 - 2089 - 2088 - 2087 - 2086 - 2085 - 2084 - 2083 - 2082 - 2081

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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
882 883 884 - 885 - 886 887 888
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9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
883 884 885 - 886 - 887 888 889
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
884 885 886 - 887 - 888 889 890
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
850s  860s  870s  - 880s -  890s  900s  910s
886 887 888 - 889 - 890 891 892
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
860s  870s  880s  - 890s -  900s  910s  920s
887 888 889 - 890 - 891 892 893
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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
860s  870s  880s  - 890s -  900s  910s  920s
888 889 890 - 891 - 892 893 894
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-1640- 1641 1642 1643  1644 .  1645 .  1646 .  1647  . 1648  . 1649  . 1650 
   In science: 1637 1638 1639 -1640- 1641 1642 1643     
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-1640-  1641 . 1642 . 1643  1644 . 1645 . 1646 . 1647 . 1648 . 1649 .
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-1642-  1643 . 1644 . 1645  1646 . 1647 . 1648 . 1649 . 1650 . 1651 .
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-1642-  1643 . 1644 . 1645  1646 . 1647 . 1648 . 1649 . 1650 . 1651 .
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-1642-  1643 . 1644 . 1645  1646 . 1647 . 1648 . 1649 . 1650 . 1651 .
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-1642-  1643 . 1644 . 1645  1646 . 1647 . 1648 . 1649 . 1650 . 1651 .
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    Dahomey - Dakodonou, King of Dahomey (1620-1645)
  • Ethiopia - Fasilides, Emperor of Ethiopia (1632-1667)

Asia

  • China (Ming Dynasty) - Chongzhen, Emperor of China (1627-1644)
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    Angola (coastal) -
  • Pieter Moorthamer, Director of Dutch West Africa (1641-1642)
  • Cornelis Hendrikszoon Ouman, Director of Dutch West Africa (1642-1648)

Portugal

  • Angola (interior) - Pedro César de Meneses, Governor of Angola (1639-1645)

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Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.
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This is the calendar for any common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E). Examples: Gregorian year 2003 or Julian year 1903 (see bottom tables).

(A common year is a year with 365 days — in other words, not a leap year, which has 366.
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