| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1642 | Johann Friedrich Alberti Was Born |
| 1642 | Georg Christoph Bach Was Born |
| 1642 | Johann Christoph Bach Was Born |
| 1642 | Giovanni Maria Bononcini Was Born |
| 1642 | Benedictus Buns Was Born |
| 1642 | Giovanni Battista Buonamente Died |
| 1642 | Michelangelo Falvetti Was Born |
| 1642 | Friedrich Funcke Was Born |
| 1642 | Nicolas Vallet Died |
| January 04 1642 | King Charles Arrests Members Of Parliament |
| March 01 1642 | Gorgeana, Massachusetts First U.S. Incorporated City |
| April 15 1642 | A Confederate Irish Militia Is Routed |
| May 17 1642 | De Maisonneuve Founds Ville Marie |
| May 30 1642 | Henceforth Charles I Honors Are Retrospectively Annulled |
| August 22 1642 | Charles I Starts English Civil War With Words |
| September 23 1642 | Harvard College Has First Commencement Ceremonies |
| October 23 1642 | Battle Of Edgehill Starts English Civil War |
| November 13 1642 | Royalists Withdraw Due To Parliamentarian Army |
| November 24 1642 | Abel Tasman Discovers Tasmania |
| December 13 1642 | Abel Tasman Reaches New Zealand |