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Born on Saturday December 3, 1644
- Anthony Anemaet, Hooge Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands († 1700)
- Cornelis van Schouwenburg, Nijmegen
- Anna Verdonck, Hamme
- Jacques TEINTENIER, Enghien, 55010, Hainaut, Belgique
- Anthony Anemaet, Hoge Zwaluwe († 1700)
- Julien DANION, Marzan,56130,Morbihan,Bretagne,FRANCE
- Antony Anemaet, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Margaretha Lötzsch, Schlettau, Chemnitz, Saxony
- Cornelis Herman Danielssen Schouwenburg, Nijmegen
- Grietje Jans van Noorden, Pijnacker († 1721)
Died on Saturday December 3, 1644
- Hilleken Huijgensdr van Ouderkerck (van der Laen) (51), Poortugaal, Nederland
- Gertrudis Elsroeck (37), Nuth, LI, Netherlands
- Marie de La Fontaine (84)
- Hilletje Huigens Oudekerck (51)
- Hilletje Huijgsdr van der Laen (51), Poortugaal
- Catharina van Bogaert (38), Hamme, O-Vl, BE
- Francesca van Slins (44)
- Marijtje Sijmons van der Codde
- Hilleken Huijgensd * van der Laan (Ouderkerck) (51), Poortugaal
- Hilletje Huigen (51)
Born on December 3
- 1560 » Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic († 1627)
- 1590 » Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter († 1661)
- 1596 » Nicola Amati, Italian instrument maker († 1684)
- 1616 » John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer († 1703)
- 1684 » Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer († 1754)
- 1722 » Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher († 1794)
- 1729 » Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist († 1783)
- 1730 » Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha ruler of Gwalior († 1794)
- 1755 » Gilbert Stuart, American painter († 1828)
- 1793 » Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic († 1867)
Died on December 3
- 1532 » Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1502)
- 1533 » Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)
- 1542 » Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (b. 1470)
- 1552 » Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)
- 1592 » Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)
- 1610 » Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyō (b. 1548)
- 1668 » William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)
- 1706 » Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)
- 1765 » Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)
- 1789 » Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
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 26 » Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
- 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.
- October 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.