January 4 King Charles I with 400 soldiers attacks the English parliament January 10 King Charles I and family flee London for Oxford March 1 Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city March 9 English Queen Henriette Mary arrives in Hellevoetsluis, Netherlands March 12 Abel Tasman is 1st European in New Zealand May 6 Ville Marie (Montreal) forms May 18 Montreal Canada founded June 14 1st compulsory education law in America passed by Massachusetts August 13 Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap August 14 Able Tasmans ships Heemskerck/Zeehaen depart out of Batavia August 22 Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament September 19 Perpignan surrenders to French troops September 23 Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1st commencement October 23 Battle at Edgeville (Warwick): King Charles I vs English parliament November 2 2nd battle at Breitenfeld Saksen: Sweden beat Ferdinand III November 13 Battle at Turnham Green, London: King Charles I vs English parliament November 24 Abel Janzoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) December 13 New Zealand discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman December 22 Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente
