1642 in Europe

battle of the Thirty Years' War in 1642

synod (25 Sept.–27 Oct. 1642) convened in Iași by Patriarch Parthenius I of Constantinople to counter the Protestant Reformation; condemned teachings ascribed to Cyril Lucaris; ratified Peter Mogila's Expositio fidei

capture and defense of the fortress of Azov by the Don and Zaporozhian Cossacks against Ottomans in 1637–1642