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Born on Sunday October 5, 1642
- "Cornelis" Abrahamsz van der Kooij, Delfshaven
- Cornelis Abrahams van der KOOIJ, Delfshaven († 1680)
- Claudine MERCIER, Premières, 21507, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France († 1727)
- Cornelis van der Kooij, Delfshaven († 1679)
- Cornelis Abrahams van der Kooy, Delfshaven († 1679)
- Cornelis Jansen, Hoek
- Cornelis Boonsz, Maassluis
- Christianus Hijndrix, Oosterhout (Oosterhout) (Noord-Brabant)
- Cornelis Abrahamsen van der Koij († 1680)
- Cornelis Abrahamsz van der Kooy, Delfshaven
Died on Sunday October 5, 1642
- Pieter de Brabander (94), Bassevelde, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Cornelis Abrahamsz van der Kooij
- Henricus Cornelius Nelen (30), Kalmthout
- Maria (72), Minderhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
Born on October 5
- 1609 » Paul Fleming, German physician and poet († 1640)
- 1641 » Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France († 1707)
- 1658 » Mary of Modena († 1718)
- 1687 » Maria Maddalena Martinengo, Italian nun († 1737)
- 1695 » John Glas, Scottish minister († 1773)
- 1703 » Jonathan Edwards, American pastor and theologian († 1758)
- 1712 » Francesco Guardi, Italian painter († 1793)
- 1713 » Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic († 1784)
- 1715 » Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist and educator († 1789)
- 1728 » Chevalier d'Éon, French diplomat and spy († 1810)
Died on October 5
- 1524 » Joachim Patinir, Flemish landscape painter (b. c. 1480)
- 1528 » Richard Foxe, English bishop and academic (b. 1448)
- 1540 » Helius Eobanus Hessus, German poet and educator (b. 1488)
- 1564 » Pierre de Manchicourt, Flemish composer and educator (b. 1510)
- 1565 » Lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1522)
- 1606 » Philippe Desportes, French poet and author (b. 1546)
- 1629 » Heribert Rosweyde, Jesuit hagiographer (b. 1569)
- 1714 » Kaibara Ekken, Japanese botanist and philosopher (b. 1630)
- 1740 » Jean-Philippe Baratier, German astronomer and scholar (b. 1721)
- 1777 » Johann Andreas Segner, Slovak-German mathematician, physicist, and physician (b. 1704)
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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)
- May 30 » From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
- August 22 » Charles I raises his standard in Nottingham, which marks the beginning of the English Civil War.
- September 23 » The first commencement exercises occur at Harvard College.
- 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).
- December 13 » Abel Tasman is the first recorded European to sight New Zealand.