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Born on Monday December 26, 1644
- Cornelia Deckens, Sittard,, Limburg, Nederland
- Doetien NANTKES, Scheemda, Oldambt, Groningen, Nederland († 1695)
- Cornelius Adriaensen van den Langereijt, Kalmthout, Antwerpen, België († 1694)
- Gergen, Beuningen
- Cors Harmansz Waardenburg, Puttershoek
- Annetje Cornelis
- Cornelis Adriaen Huijbrecht van de Langereijt, Kalmthout (B) († 1694)
- Claas Willemsz. de Jongh, Bergambacht († 1728)
- Henricus Lenaerts, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgi
- Cornelia van der Ent, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Died on Monday December 26, 1644
- Magdalene Fraser (59), Kilravock, Nairnshire, Scotland
- Livina VAN WAYENBERGHE, Deftinge, Lierde, Province of East Flanders, Belgium
- Lieven Van Schelde, SInt-Niklaas
- Johan van Spangien
- Maria Meysmans, Zemst
Born on December 26
- 1537 » Albert, Count of Nassau-Weilburg († 1593)
- 1581 » Philip III, Landgrave of Hesse-Butzbach († 1643)
- 1618 » Elisabeth of the Palatinate, German princess, philosopher, and Calvinist († 1680)
- 1628 » John Page, American politician († 1692)
- 1646 » Robert Bolling, English-American merchant and planter († 1709)
- 1687 » Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer († 1755)
- 1716 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier and philosopher († 1803)
- 1716 » Thomas Gray, English poet and scholar († 1771)
- 1723 » Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, German-French author and playwright († 1807)
- 1737 » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1815)
Died on December 26
- 1458 » Arthur III, duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
- 1476 » Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan (b. 1444)
- 1530 » Babur, Mongolian emperor (b. 1483)
- 1574 » Charles de Lorraine, French cardinal (b. 1524)
- 1646 » Henri de Bourbon, prince of Condé (b. 1588)
- 1731 » Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French author (b. 1672)
- 1771 » Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher and activist (b. 1715)
- 1780 » John Fothergill, English physician and botanist (b. 1712)
- 1784 » Seth Warner, American colonel (b. 1743)
- 1786 » Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (b. 1713)
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.
- March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
- 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 29 » Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
- 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.