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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Abel Tasman]] sights the island of [[Tonga]].<ref name=Tasman>{{cite book | last = Baker | first = Christopher | title = Absolutism and the scientific revolution, 1600-1720 : a biographical dictionary | publisher = Greenwood Press | location = Westport, Conn | year = 2002 | isbn = 9780313308277 | page=370}}</ref>
* [[February 6]]
**(17 [[Dhu al-Qadah]] 1052 [[Islamic calendar|AH]]) In [[India]], the first ceremony at the nearly-complete [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], the Mughal Emperor [[Shah Jahan]] observes the 12th anniversary of the death of his wife, [[Mumtaz Mahal]], and opens the structure to thousands of mourners.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XETPEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Taj+Mahal%22+February+1643&pg=PA658 ''World Architecture and Society: From Stonehenge to One World Trade Center''] (Bloomsbury, 2021) p.658</ref>
**[[Abel Tasman]] sights the [[Fiji]] Islands.<ref name=Tasman/>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[First English Civil War]]: [[First Battle of Middlewich]] &ndash; [[Roundhead]]s ([[Long Parliament|Parliamentarian]]s) rout the [[Cavalier]]s (Royalist supporters of [[Charles I of England|King Charles I]]) at [[Middlewich]] in [[Cheshire]].
* [[March 18]] &ndash; [[Irish Confederate Wars]]: [[Battle of New Ross (1643)|Battle of New Ross]] &ndash; English troops defeat those of [[Confederate Ireland]].