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Born on Thursday December 15, 1644
- Joannes Van Rompaey, Berlaar († 1677)
- Guilielmus Loten, Amsterdam,NL, Nederland
- Joanna Franciscusdr Zebrechts, Hilvarenbeek (Hilvarenbeek) (Noord-Brabant)
- Lucia Fyants (Feyen?), Kontich, Antwerpen, Belgique († 1688)
- Joseph Jacques Bédard, La Rochelle, Charente-maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France († 1711)
- Guilielmo Loten, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1712)
- Joanna Everaert, Lochristi
- Margriet Stijfs, Maastricht († 1722)
- Hester Bethel Lifelloy, Burford Parish, Oxfordshire, England († 1704)
- Franciscus Jan Vekemans, Grobbendonk († 1698)
Died on Thursday December 15, 1644
- Antonino RUFFINO (61), Carini,90044,Palerme,Sicile,ITALIE
- Anna Dorothea v.Ahlefeld (0), unbekannt
- Charles Suckling (66), Woodton, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
- Elisabeta Somers (37), Aartselaar
- Elisabeth Sommers, Aarstelaar
- John IV Newton (62)
- Johan van Waldburg-Wolfegg (46)
- Bishop Johann [Waldburg] of Konstanz (46)
- Adriaentken Adriaens Janssen van Hemert (49), Loon op Zand
- Hester Schaep
Born on December 15
- 1447 » Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria († 1508)
- 1567 » Christoph Demantius, German composer, poet, and theorist († 1643)
- 1610 » David Teniers the Younger, Flemish painter († 1690)
- 1657 » Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer († 1726)
- 1686 » Jean-Joseph Fiocco, Flemish violinist and composer († 1746)
- 1710 » Francesco Zahra, Maltese painter († 1773)
- 1789 » Carlos Soublette, Venezuelan general and politician, 11th President of Venezuela († 1870)
- 1832 » Gustave Eiffel, French architect and engineer, co-designed the Eiffel Tower († 1923)
- 1837 » E. W. Bullinger, English minister, scholar, and theologian († 1913)
- 1852 » Henri Becquerel, French physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1908)
Died on December 15
- 1574 » Selim II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1524)
- 1598 » Philips of Marnix, Lord of Saint-Aldegonde, Dutch nobleman (b. 1540)
- 1621 » Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, French courtier, Constable of France (b. 1578)
- 1673 » Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, English noblewoman (b. 1623)
- 1675 » Johannes Vermeer, Dutch painter and educator (b. 1632)
- 1683 » Izaak Walton, English author (b. 1593)
- 1688 » Gaspar Fagel, Dutch lawyer and politician (b. 1634)
- 1688 » Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French nobleman (b. 1636)
- 1715 » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
- 1753 » Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, English architect and politician, designed Chiswick House (b. 1694)
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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)
- 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.
- June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.
- 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.
- October 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.