Jenny Eclair's random pick of the year 1642 for her 1 minute history lecture in #Taskmaster seems to be frustratingly good when actually looking at a list. Cardinal Richelieu & Galileo Galilei's deaths, the birth of Sir Isaac Newton, #Rembrandt finishing the Night Watch painting all from that year.
Queen Christina in charge in Sweden. Maria de Medici + Louis XIII. The First English Civil War aside.