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What Happened in January 1643

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Jan 23 New Model Army led by Thomas Fairfax captures Leeds for the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War

Famous Birthdays

Isaac Newton (1643-1727)

Jan 4 English physicist, mathematician and astronomer (Gravity, Laws of Motion), born in Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth, England