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Born on Saturday October 15, 1644
- Anne Leblanc, Châtelet,6200,Hainaut,BE
- Arij Bastiaans Wijngaert, Sint Anthoniepolder, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Isaac De Peuter, Tielen († 1683)
- Adriaen Jan de Cock, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Johann Jacob Schaffer, Stollhofen, Rastatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany († 1657)
- Anna Hubertus, Hilvarenbeek
- Adriaen Jan de Cock, Oosterhout
- Adriana Johannes Adrianus van Trier, Hilvarenbeek († 1716)
- Adriana Jans van Trier, Hilvarenbeek († 1716)
- Richard Barneby († 1720)
Died on Saturday October 15, 1644
Born on October 15
- 1542 » Akbar, Mughal emperor († 1605)
- 1561 » Richard Field, English cathedral dean († 1616)
- 1564 » Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1613)
- 1599 » Cornelis de Graeff, Dutch mayor and regent of Amsterdam († 1664)
- 1608 » Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician († 1647)
- 1622 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man († 1686)
- 1686 » Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet and playwright († 1758)
- 1701 » Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, Canadian nun and saint, founded Grey Nuns († 1771)
- 1711 » Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine († 1741)
- 1762 » Samuel Adams Holyoke, American composer and educator († 1820)
Died on October 15
- 1496 » Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (b. 1443)
- 1564 » Andreas Vesalius, Belgian-Greek anatomist, physician, and author (b. 1514)
- 1674 » Robert Herrick, English poet (b. 1591)
- 1684 » Géraud de Cordemoy, French historian, philosopher and lawyer (b. 1626)
- 1690 » Juan de Valdés Leal, Spanish painter and illustrator (b. 1622)
- 1715 » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (b. 1675)
- 1788 » Samuel Greig, Scottish-Russian admiral (b. 1735)
- 1810 » Alfred Moore, American captain and judge (b. 1755)
- 1811 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (b. 1735)
- 1817 » Tadeusz Kościuszko, Polish-Lithuanian general and engineer (b. 1746)
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)
- March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
- May 26 » Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
- May 27 » Manchu regent Dorgon defeats rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
- June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
- 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.