Editing 1642 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 2]]
** [[Johannes van Haensbergen]], Dutch Golden Age painter (d. [[1705]])
** [[Mehmed IV]], Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1648-1687) (d. [[1693]])
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Diego Morcillo Rubio de Auñón]], Spanish-born Peruvian Catholic bishop (d. [[1730]])
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Philippe Pierson]], Belgian Jesuit missionary (d. [[1688]])
* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Johann Philipp Jeningen]], German Catholic priest from Eichstätt, Bavaria (d. [[1704]])
* [[January 6]]
** [[Julien Garnier]], French Jesuit missionary to Canada (d. [[1730]])
** [[Gisbert Steenwick]], Dutch musician (d. [[1679]])
* [[January 11]]
** [[Johann Friedrich Alberti]], German composer and organist (d. [[1710]])
** [[Mary Carleton]], Englishwoman who used false identities (d. [[1673]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Evert Collier]], Dutch Golden Age painter (d. [[1708]])
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Philip Aranda]], Spanish Jesuit theologian (d. [[1695]])
* [[February 18]] &ndash; [[Marie Champmeslé]], French actress (d. [[1698]])
* [[March 2]] &ndash; [[Claudio Coello]], Spanish Baroque painter (d. [[1693]])
* [[March 4]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski]], Polish noble (d. [[1702]])
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Hester Davenport]], English stage actress (d. [[1717]])
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Anna Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury]], English countess (d. [[1702]])
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Henry Wolrad, Count of Waldeck]]-Eisenberg (1645–1664) (d. [[1664]])
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Emich Christian of Leiningen-Dagsburg]], Lord of Broich, Oberstein and Bürgel (d. [[1702]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Ephraim Curtis]], American colonial military officer (d. [[1684]])