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Born on Saturday February 20, 1644
- Guilielmus van Beurden, Hilvarenbeek
- Arjan Pleunsz Knock, papendrecht (zuid holland) († 1714)
- Arij Pleunen Knock, Papendrecht († 1714)
- Mareijken Driel van, Steenbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Dithmar Clooster (Overste Leutenant) († 1706)
- August Dithmar van den Clooster
- Lenaert SCHOOR, Dubbeldam
- Jeanne DAULY, Mégrit, 22270, France
- Abel Merrill, Newbury
- "Ensign" John Pratt, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1692)
Died on Saturday February 20, 1644
- Henry Sewell of Sewell's Point (43), Sewells Point
- Alice Willoughby (Lady) (36), Norfolk, Norfolk City, Virginia, United States of America
- Aeltie Pieters van Uylenburg (72), Amsterdam
- Alice Willoughby (36), Sewells Point, Virginia, United States
- Alice Willoughby **** (36), Sewells Point, Norfolk, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
- Lady Alice Lay 1 of Lasboro, Gloucestershire Willoughby Sewell (44), Norfolk, Virginia, United States
- Maria Bachelier (76), Reims, Champagne-Ardennen
- Henry C. Sewell (44), Virginia, British Colonial America
- Alice Willoughby Sewell (36), Sewells Point, Norfolk, Virginia
- Michael SCHALLER (46)
Born on February 20
- 1549 » Francesco Maria II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, last Duke of Urbino († 1631)
- 1552 » Sengoku Hidehisa, Daimyō († 1614)
- 1608 » Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham († 1649)
- 1631 » Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician, Treasurer of the Navy († 1712)
- 1633 » Jan de Baen, Dutch painter († 1702)
- 1705 » Nicolas Chédeville, French musette player and composer († 1782)
- 1726 » William Prescott, American colonel († 1795)
- 1745 » Henry James Pye, English poet and politician († 1813)
- 1751 » Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet, translator, and academic († 1826)
- 1753 » Louis-Alexandre Berthier, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1815)
Died on February 20
- 1513 » King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1455)
- 1524 » Tecun Uman, Mayan ruler (b. 1500)
- 1579 » Nicholas Bacon, English politician (b. 1509)
- 1618 » Philip William, Prince of Orange (b. 1554)
- 1626 » John Dowland, English lute player and composer (b. 1563)
- 1762 » Tobias Mayer, German astronomer and academic (b. 1723)
- 1771 » Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (b. 1678)
- 1773 » Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia (b. 1701)
- 1778 » Laura Bassi, Italian physicist and scholar (b. 1711)
- 1790 » Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1741)
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)
- 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.
- May 26 » Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
- July 2 » English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor.
- October 13 » A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.