"Founding of Montreal." See xi, [232].
1643. Convention of the Westminster Assembly of divines. See "Presbyterianism Established," xi, [238].
Establishment of a confederacy by the United Colonies of New England.
Death of Louis XIII; succession of Louis XIV to the French throne; Anne of Austria regent; Mazarin prime-minister.
Battle of Rocroy; defeat of the Spaniards by the Duc d'Enghien. The French are defeated by the Imperialists at Tuttlingen.
Invention, by Torricelli, of the barometer.
1644. Battle of Marston Moor.
Denmark overrun by Torstenson; battle at Freiburg between French and Germans; at Jueterbog Torstenson defeats Gallas.
Establishment of the Manchu dynasty in China; end of the Ming line.
A patent obtained from the English Parliament by Roger Williams for the united government of the settlements of Rhode Island.