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  • Christmas Island
    1643
    Christmas Island

    Captain William Mynors named The Island When He Sailed Past It On Christmas Day

    Christmas Island
    1643

    Captain William Mynors of the Royal Mary, an English East India Company vessel, named the island when he sailed past it on Christmas Day, in 1643.




  • Paris, France
    1643
    Libraries

    Bibliothèque Mazarine

    Paris, France
    1643

    The Bibliothèque Mazarine was initially the personal library of cardinal Mazarin, who was a great bibliophile. At his death he bequeathed his library, which he had opened to scholars since 1643, to the Collège des Quatre-Nations which he had founded in 1661.




  • Istanbul
    Wednesday Feb 25, 1643

    Ahmad II Brith

    Istanbul
    Wednesday Feb 25, 1643

    The 21st Sultan of Turkey, Ahmad II, was born in Istanbul.




  • France
    Thursday May 14, 1643

    Louis XIV was appointed as King of France in 1643

    France
    Thursday May 14, 1643

    Louis XIV was King of France at four years old age.




  • France
    Thursday May 14, 1643

    Louis XIII's death

    France
    Thursday May 14, 1643

    The King of France, Louis XIII, passed away at the age of 41.




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