Important Historical Events of the year 1643, Year 1643 in History

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What happened in the year 1643?

Date	Event
May 14, 1643	Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.
May 19, 1643	Thirty Years' War: French forces under the duc d'Enghien decisively defeat Spanish forces at the Battle of Rocroi, marking the symbolic end of Spain as a dominant land power.
June 12, 1643	The Westminster Assembly is convened by the Parliament of England, without the assent of Charles I, in order to restructure the Church of England.
July 1, 1643	First meeting of the Westminster Assembly, a council of theologians ("divines") and members of the Parliament of England appointed to restructure the Church of England, at Westminster Abbey in London.
July 13, 1643	English Civil War: Battle of Roundway Down: In England, Henry Wilmot, 1st Earl of Rochester, commanding the Royalist forces, heavily defeats the Parliamentarian forces led by Sir William Waller.
August 24, 1643	A Dutch fleet establishes a new colony in the ruins of Valdivia in southern Chile.
December 13, 1643	English Civil War: The Battle of Alton takes place in Hampshire.