Events from the year

1642 Events January–March * January 4 – First English Civil War: Charles I attempts to arrest six leading members of the Long Parliament, but they escape. * February 5 – The Bishops Exclusion Act is passed in England ...

in Denmark.

Incumbents

* Monarch – Christian IV

Events

* Hannibal Sehested is appointed Governor-General of Norway.

Births

Deaths

* February 19 -

Jørgen Knudsen Urne Jørgen Knudsen Urne (17 October 1598 – 19 February 1642) was a Danish noble who served as '' Rigsmarsk'' from 1632 to 1642. Biography The son of Knud Axelsen Urne and Margrethe Eilertsdatter Grubbe, Jørgen Knudsen Urne was born on 17 Octob ...

, statesman (born

1598 __NOTOC__ Events January–June * February 21 – Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia, following the death of his brother-in-law, Tsar Feodor I; the ''Time of Troubles'' starts. * April 13 – Edict of Nantes (promulgated April 30 ...

)

References

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