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Born on Thursday January 28, 1644
- Jannetje Paulusd Jour le, Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabetha Schober
- Maijke Adriaens, Groningen
- Catharina Blommaert, Haasdonk, Beveren, O-Vl, BE († 1719)
- Josua de Tombe, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Jakob van Driel, Maurik, Gelderland, Nederland
- Grietje Huijgen van Ouwenroggen, Delft
- Adriaen Jansz op Groot DAVELAER, Woudenberg, Gemeente Woudenberg, Utrecht, Netherlands († 1716)
- Heijmen Lambertsen, Nunspeet
- Heijmen Lambertsz, Nunspeet († 1676)
Died on Thursday January 28, 1644
- Barthout Claeses (Barteld, Claasz, Klases) Wassenaar (70), St Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Nederland
- Pieter Jacobsz Goijer (45), Alkmaar
- Huigh Jacobsz de Jong
- Willem Daniels
- Anneken Janssen
- William Howard (41)
- Barthout Claes Wassenaar (66), ,, St. Jacobiparochie, Het Bildt, Friesland, Netherlands
- Ariaen Ariensz, Achterberg, Utrecht, Nederland
- Jen STAPPERS (40), Overpelt, 3900, Pelt, Limburg, België
- Barthout (claeses) Wassenaar (66)
Born on January 28
- 1582 » John Barclay, French-Scottish poet and author († 1621)
- 1600 » Clement IX, pope of the Catholic Church († 1669)
- 1608 » Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Italian physiologist and physicist († 1679)
- 1611 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician († 1687)
- 1622 » Adrien Auzout, French astronomer and instrument maker († 1691)
- 1693 » Gregor Werner, Austrian composer († 1766)
- 1701 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer († 1774)
- 1706 » John Baskerville, English printer and typographer († 1775)
- 1712 » Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shōgun († 1761)
- 1717 » Mustafa III, Ottoman sultan († 1774)
Died on January 28
- 1547 » Henry VIII, king of England (b. 1491)
- 1613 » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (b. 1545)
- 1621 » Pope Paul V (b. 1550)
- 1666 » Tommaso Dingli, Maltese architect and sculptor (b. 1591)
- 1672 » Pierre Séguier, French politician, Lord Chancellor of France (b. 1588)
- 1681 » Richard Allestree, English priest and academic (b. 1619)
- 1687 » Johannes Hevelius, Polish astronomer and politician (b. 1611)
- 1688 » Ferdinand Verbiest, Flemish Jesuit missionary in China (b. 1623)
- 1697 » Sir John Fenwick, 3rd Baronet, English general and politician (b. 1645)
- 1754 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian-Danish historian and philosopher (b. 1684)
Names that were popular for boys in 1644
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Gerrit
- John
- 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
- Anne
- Sarah
- 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)
- February 29 » Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage begins.
- May 25 » Ming general Wu Sangui forms an alliance with the invading Manchus and opens the gates of the Great Wall of China at Shanhaiguan pass, letting the Manchus through towards the capital Beijing.
- May 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
- July 2 » English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
- September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.