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Events
- January 26 - At English Civil War Battle Of Nantwich the Parliamenterians defeated the Royalists , alowing them to end the six week Siege Of Nantwich in Cheshire , England .
- February to August - Explorer Abel Tasman 's second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia .
- April - A popular Chinese rebellion led by Li Zicheng sacks Beijing , prompting Chongzhen , the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty , to commit suicide.
- June 6 - The invading Manchu army, with the help of Ming general Wu Sangui , captures Beijing , China. This marks the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (also known as the Manchu Dynasty), the last Imperial Dynasty Of China .
- July 2 - Battle Of Marston Moor , a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side of the English Civil War, ended Charles I 's hold on the north of England .
- September 1 - Battle Of Tippermuir , Montrose defeats Elcho 's Covenanters , reviving Royalist cause in Scotland
- September 2 - Second Battle Of Lostwithiel , the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
- September 15 - Pope Innocent X is elected to the Papacy , in Rome .
- November 23 - '' Areopagitica '' by John Milton is published.
- December - Plague breaks out in Edinburgh .
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Ongoing events
Births
- January 10 - Louis François, Duc De Boufflers , French marshal (d. 1711 )
- January 18 - John Partridge , English astrologer (d. 1708 )
- April 7 - François De Neufville, Duc De Villeroi , French soldier (d. 1730 )
- June 16 - Henrietta Anne Stuart , Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland (d. 1670 )
- August 6 - Louise De La Vallière , French mistress of Louis XIV Of France (d. 1710 )
- August 12 - Heinrich Ignaz Biber , Bohemian composer and violinist (d. 1704 )
- September 25 - Ole Rømer , Danish astronomer (d. 1710 )
- October 1 - Alessandro Stradella , Italian composer (d. 1682 )
- October 2 - François-Timoléon De Choisy , French writer (d. 1724 )
- October 6 - Elisabeth Of France , queen of Philip IV Of Spain (b. 1602 )
- October 14 - William Penn , English Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718 )
- Antonio Stradivari , Italian violin maker (d. 1737 )
- Matsuo Basho , Japanese poet (d. 1694 )
''See also .''
Deaths
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