Today in History for December 1642
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Months in 1642: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Events 1 - 2 of 2
13th - New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman
22nd - Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 3 of 3
6th - Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (d. 1703)
25th - Isaac Newton, Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England, physicist, mathematician; astronomer (Gravity, Laws of Motion), (d.1727)
30th - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 1 of 1
4th - Armand-Jean Duplessis Richelieu, bishop of Lucon, dies at about 57
