Editing 1642 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Hannibal Sehested (governor)|Hannibal Sehested]] is appointed [[Governor-General of Norway]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hannibal Sehested |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Øystein |last=Rian |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Hannibal_Sehested/utdypning |language=no |access-date=9 October 2012}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Execution of George Spencer]]: the first hanging of a settler in the [[New Haven Colony]] takes place, on a wrongful conviction of bestiality.
* [[May 1]] &ndash; Honours and titles granted by Charles I of England from this date onward will in 1646 be retrospectively [[List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–60#October 1646|annulled by Parliament]].
* [[May 10]] &ndash; In a Catholic synod at [[Kilkenny]], bishops draft the [[Confederate Oath of Association]], calling on Catholics to swear allegiance to King Charles I and to obey orders and decrees made by a "Supreme Council of the Confederate Catholics", hence the Irish rebels of 1641 become known as [[Confederate Ireland]].<ref name=Meehan>{{cite book|last=Meehan|first=Charles Patrick|author-link=Charles Patrick Meehan|year=1882|title=The Confederation of Kilkenny|edition=New|publisher=James Duffy|publication-place=Dublin|url=https://archive.org/details/confederationki01meehgoog/}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] &ndash; Ville-Marie (later [[Montreal]]) is founded as a permanent settlement.
* [[May 18]] &ndash; The month-long [[Siege of Limerick (1642)|Siege of Limerick]] in Ireland begins.
* [[June 1]] &ndash; "[[Nineteen Propositions]]" are sent by the English House of Lords and House of Commons to [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], asking the King to consent to parliamentary approval for the members of his privy council, his chief officers, and new seats created for the House of Lords, as well as regulating the education and choice of marital partners of the King's children, and barring Roman Catholics from the Lords.<ref>''The Parliamentary or Constitutional History of England'', Vol. XI (William Sandry, 1753) pp. 129–135</ref> The King's Answer, rejecting the Propositions, is read in Parliament on June 21.<ref name="British Civil Wars">{{Cite web |url=http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1642.htm |title=British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638–60 |access-date=2009-10-23 |archive-date=2012-05-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507031401/http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1642.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Juan de Palafox y Mendoza]], Archbishop of Mexico, dismisses the [[Viceroy of New Spain]], [[Diego López Pacheco, 7th Duke of Escalona|Diego López Pacheco]], allegedly on orders of [[Philip IV of Spain|King Philip IV]], and takes office as the new Viceroy. Palafox is in office for only five months before being recalled to Spain.
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Irish Confederate Wars]]: The [[Battle of Glenmaquin]] takes place in [[County Donegal]], with the Protestant [[Laggan Army]] decisively defeating [[Confederate Ireland]] soldiers.
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Siege of Limerick (1642)|Siege of Limerick]]: the English Protestant garrison of [[King John's Castle (Limerick)]] is forced to surrender by the Confederate Ireland Munster army led by General [[Garret Barry (soldier)|Garret Barry]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=M'Enery|first=M. J.|year=1904|title=A Diary of the Siege of Limerick Castle, 1642|journal=[[The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland]]|series=5th|volume=34|issue=2|pages=163–87|jstor=25507363|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25507363|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[June 29]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Barcelona]] begins at sea as a French Navy fleet of 75 ships, commanded by Admiral [[Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé]] clashes off the coast of Spain with a Spanish fleet of 52 ships under the [[Juan Alonso Idiáquez, 2nd Duke of Ciudad Real|Duke of Ciudad Real]].