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Born on Wednesday December 7, 1644
- Francois CHAVET, Genay,69730,Rhône,Rhône Alpes,FRANCE († 1709)
- Elisabeth Vander Veken, Wemmel, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1694)
- Gosuinus Sloot, Wehl, Gelderland, The Netherlands
- Cornelius LEIJTEN, Princenhage, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Herman Gerhard Honthumb, Münster,Regierungsbezirk Münster,North Rhine-Westphalia,Germany
- Cornelis Marijnis Jan Damen Leijten, Princenhage
- John 1644 Tredwell, Hempstead, Long Island († 1719)
- Daniel Bishop Hubbard († 1720)
- Gosuinus Sloot, Wehl
- Allert, Krommenie
Died on Wednesday December 7, 1644
- Hans Adam Schreiner (74), Bayern, Staudach-Egerndach, Traunstein, Bavaria, Germany
- Dorothea Russell (50), Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset, England
- Jenneken Van Meerbeeck (44)
Born on December 7
- 1532 » Louis I, German nobleman and politician († 1605)
- 1545 » Henry Stuart, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots († 1567)
- 1561 » Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese daimyō († 1625)
- 1595 » Injo of Joseon, Korean king († 1649)
- 1598 » Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter († 1680)
- 1637 » Bernardo Pasquini, Italian organist and composer († 1710)
- 1643 » Giovanni Battista Falda, Italian architect and engraver († 1678)
- 1764 » Claude Victor-Perrin, French general and politician († 1841)
- 1784 » Allan Cunningham, Scottish author and poet († 1842)
- 1791 » Ferenc Novák, Hungarian-Slovene priest and poet († 1836)
Died on December 7
- 1498 » Alexander Hegius von Heek, German poet (b. 1433)
- 1562 » Adrian Willaert, Dutch-Italian composer and educator (b. 1490)
- 1649 » Charles Garnier, French missionary and saint (b. 1606)
- 1672 » Richard Bellingham, English-American lawyer and politician, 8th Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1592)
- 1680 » Peter Lely, Dutch-English painter (b. 1618)
- 1683 » Algernon Sidney, English philosopher and politician, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (b. 1623)
- 1723 » Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect, designed the Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk and Karlova Koruna Chateau (b. 1677)
- 1725 » Florent Carton Dancourt, French actor and playwright (b. 1661)
- 1772 » Martín Sarmiento, Spanish monk, scholar, and author (b. 1695)
- 1775 » Charles Saunders, English admiral and politician (b. 1715)
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
- Sarah
- Jeanne
- Anne
- Hannah
- Trijntje
- Barbara
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.
- June 29 » Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
- September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- October 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.