Timeline September 1643

Events in September 1643 4

• 1592 – 1643 Hong Taiji (1592-1643) Died 21 September 1643, aged 50 Hong Taiji founded the Qing dynasty in 1636 and expanded Manchu control over Mongolia and Korea while preparing the conquest of Ming China. He died suddenly at Shenyang without naming an heir, leading to the enthronement of his young son Fulin under the regency of Dorgon. The Qing went on to conquer China the following year.
• 1610 – 1643 Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland (1610-1643) Died 20 September 1643, aged 33 Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, was an English writer and statesman who served as Secretary of State to Charles I despite misgivings about the Royalist cause. Known for his circle of philosophers and writers at Great Tew, he grew despondent over the civil war's toll. He was killed in action at the First Battle of Newbury.
• 1643 First Battle of Newbury Parliamentarian army escapes a Royalist attempt to block its return to London On 20 September 1643, during the English Civil War, the Earl of Essex's Parliamentarian army fought off a Royalist force trying to cut off its retreat to London near Newbury, Berkshire. The battle was inconclusive but prevented a decisive Royalist advantage, and it claimed the life of the prominent Royalist statesman Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland.
• 1643 Solemn League and Covenant Signed English Parliament and Scottish Covenanters ally against the king In September 1643 the English Parliament and representatives of the Scottish Covenanters agreed the Solemn League and Covenant, exchanging Scottish military support in the English Civil War for a promise to reform English church governance along Presbyterian lines. Scottish troops subsequently entered the war on the Parliamentarian side. The agreement shaped the religious politics of the conflict for years afterward.