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Born on Saturday January 2, 1644
- Egidius Wauters, Haasdonk († 1733)
- Henricus Feskens, Westmalle
- Elisabeth Laureys Wuestenborch Woestenborg, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Sleeckx, Berlaar
- Egidius Wauthers, Haasdonck, 9120,Oost-Vlaanderen,BE († 1733)
- Anna Maria Schmidt, Fischbach, Ansbach, Bayern, Germany († 1676)
- Remy LE CONTE, Plailly,60128, Frankrijk († 1722)
- Anna van Goch, Dinther
- Anna van Gogh, Dinther
- Egidius Wauhters, Haasdonk, Par. Sint-Jacob-de-Meerdere, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1733)
Died on Saturday January 2, 1644
- Jeanne Thiry THOMA, Verviers,4800,Liège,Wallonie,BELGIQUE
- Geertgen Claesdr de Geus (29), Nootdorp
- Alarda (Alheidis) aen gen Eindt (44), Velden
- John Hotham (64)
- Maria VAN HYFTE, Sleidinge,9940,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Frances Barker (0)
Born on January 2
- 1509 » Henry of Stolberg, German nobleman († 1572)
- 1642 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan († 1693)
- 1647 » Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader († 1676)
- 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
- 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
- 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
- 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
- 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
- 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
- 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
Died on January 2
- 1470 » Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- 1512 » Svante Nilsson, Sweden politician (b. 1460)
- 1514 » William Smyth, English bishop and academic (b. 1460)
- 1543 » Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)
- 1557 » Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
- 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
- 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
- 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
- 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
- 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
Names that were popular for boys in 1644
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Petrus
- Jacob
- John
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Willem
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Jean
- Jacobus
- Adrianus
- Johann
- Hendrik
Names that were popular for girls in 1644
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Mary
- Joanna
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Cornelia
- Jeanne
- Sarah
- Anne
- Hannah
- Trijntje
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1644
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
- May 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
- September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- October 13 » A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
- November 8 » The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, is enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynasty as the first Qing emperor to rule over China.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.