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Born on Sunday October 23, 1644
- Ary Janszoon Dockum, Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1708)
- Arij Jansz. Dockum, Vlaardingen († 1708)
- Arij Janszn Dockum, Vlaardingen († 1708)
- Arijen Jansz Dockum, Vlaardingen († 1708)
- Adriaan Jansz Dockum, Vlaardingen, Zuid Holland, Netherlands († 1708)
- Blesias Jalink (Jolinck), Zutphen († 1654)
- Arij Jansz Ridderus Dockum, Vlaardingen, Nederland († 1708)
- Brecht Jans, Wervershoof
- Arij Jansz Dockum, Vlaardingen († 1708)
- Adrianus Dierkxen Dircken van Ginderen, Nispen († 1716)
Died on Sunday October 23, 1644
- Guillaume VASTIER (51)
- Katharina NN7 (49), Fischelbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Cornelis Willems van Schie (0), Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Maetge LEENDERTSD (1)
- SoPHia│Fietje van MelisdijK (33), unbekannt
- Geertje Willems van schie (16), Delft
- Christina van Honacker, Beveren
- Sophia Heijmans (fietje) van Melisdijck (33), Rotterdam
- Sophia van Melisdijk (33), Rotterdam
- Leendert Andriesz Bakker (5), Alblasserdam, zh.nld
Born on October 23
- 1516 » Charlotte of Valois, French princess († 1524)
- 1634 » Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish queen († 1715)
- 1654 » Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian composer († 1712)
- 1698 » Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French architect, designed the École Militaire († 1782)
- 1705 » Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal († 1757)
- 1713 » Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch philologist, poet, and educator († 1778)
- 1762 » Samuel Morey, American engineer († 1843)
- 1766 » Emmanuel de Grouchy, Marquis de Grouchy, French general († 1847)
- 1790 » Chauncey Allen Goodrich, American minister, lexicographer, and educator († 1860)
- 1796 » Stefano Franscini, Swiss statistician and politician († 1857)
Died on October 23
- 1456 » John of Capistrano, Italian priest and saint (b. 1386)
- 1550 » Tiedemann Giese, Polish bishop (b. 1480)
- 1581 » Michael Neander, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1529)
- 1590 » Bernardino de Sahagún, Spanish-born Franciscan, compiler of the Florentine Codex of Aztecs history in Mexico (b. 1499)
- 1616 » Leonhard Hutter, German theologian and academic (b. 1563)
- 1688 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian (b. 1610)
- 1730 » Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
- 1764 » Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1683)
- 1774 » Michel Benoist, French missionary and astronomer (b. 1715)
- 1867 » Franz Bopp, German linguist and academic (b. 1791)
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 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.
- May 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
- June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
- 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.