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Born on Friday January 10, 1642
- Jacques Leroy, Merville, Nord, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk († 1707)
- Edward Middleton († 1685)
- Johanna Leenderts, Batavia, Java († 1673)
- Thomas Godin, Maze, 49630, France
- Jan Karol Opalinski († 1695)
- Agnes Cowgill, Thornton In Craven, Yorkshire, England
- Alexander Rudolf Wolfhardt, Steinberg,Backnang,Neckarkreis,Wuerttemberg († 1715)
- Michel BIGOT, Onzain, 41150, France († 1688)
- Geertruid Cornelisse Colle, Stavenisse († 1652)
- Maria Barth.mei, Gemert
Died on Friday January 10, 1642
- Margriet WILLEMS, Bonheiden, 2820, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België
- Anna De Mayer, Laarne (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Maurice (Morris) Abbott Lord Mayor of London (76), Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire, England
- Margriet Willems (22), Bonheiden
- Maria VAN DEN EEDE (42), Buggenhout Belgie
- Catharina Van Den Bunder, Laarne (Oost-Vlaanderen, België)
- Maria Van Den Eede, Buggenhout
- Willems Margriet (22), Bonheiden
- Henricus (1), Helmond, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Ottilia van Nassau-Idstein (11), Straatsburg
Born on January 10
- 1538 » Louis of Nassau († 1574)
- 1607 » Isaac Jogues, French priest and missionary († 1646)
- 1644 » Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French general († 1711)
- 1654 » Joshua Barnes, English historian and scholar († 1712)
- 1702 » Johannes Zick, German painter († 1762)
- 1715 » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian († 1775)
- 1729 » Lazzaro Spallanzani, Italian priest, biologist, and physiologist († 1799)
- 1745 » Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat († 1812)
- 1750 » Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain († 1823)
- 1760 » Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg, German composer and conductor († 1802)
Died on January 10
- 1552 » Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (b. 1479)
- 1645 » William Laud, English archbishop and academic (b. 1573)
- 1654 » Nicholas Culpeper, English botanist, physician, and astrologer (b. 1616)
- 1698 » Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont, French priest and historian (b. 1637)
- 1754 » Edward Cave, English publisher, founded The Gentleman's Magazine (b. 1691)
- 1761 » Edward Boscawen, English admiral and politician (b. 1711)
- 1778 » Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and physician (b. 1707)
- 1794 » Georg Forster, German-Polish ethnologist and journalist (b. 1754)
- 1811 » Joseph Chénier, French poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1764)
- 1824 » Victor Emmanuel I, duke of Savoy and king of Sardinia (b. 1759)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1642
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 1 » Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.
- April 15 » Irish Confederate Wars: A Confederate Irish militia is routed in the Battle of Kilrush when it attempts to halt the progress of a Royalist Army.
- May 30 » From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
- September 6 » England's Parliament bans public stage-plays.
- November 13 » First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green: The Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
- November 24 » Abel Tasman becomes the first European to discover the island Van Diemen's Land (later renamed Tasmania).