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Events That Happened in 1642
23 Oct 1642
The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig (October 23, 1642), took place at Breitenfeld (4 miles north-east of Leipzig), Germany, during the Thirty Years' War— fully eleven years after the first battle at the crossroads village had unbottled the Swedish forces under Gustavus II Adolphus wherein he'd handed Count-Field Marshal Tilly his first major defeat in fifty years of soldiering on the same plain.
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Rembrandt Paints Night Watch
Night Watch or The Night Watch (Dutch: De Nachtwacht) is the common name of one of the most famous works by Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
The painting may be more prope...
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Tasmania
Major Landforms
• Tasman sea
• Bass Strait
• Dove Lake
Demographics
• No religion 13,602
• Christian 23,141
Type of Government
• Westminster System
Government Leaders
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Battle of Honnecourt
In spring 1642, cardinal Richelieu concentrated his forces to besiege the city of Perpignan in the province of Roussillon, leaving the rest of his armies in a defensive position. In Fland...
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| 1642 Oct 23 |
Second Battle of Breitenfeld
The Second Battle of Breitenfeld, also known as the First Battle of Leipzig (October 23, 1642), took place at Breitenfeld (4 miles north-east of Leipzig), Germany, during the Thirty Years...
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