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Born on Thursday February 4, 1644
- Aertie Craen, Cothen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aelbertjen van Domseler, Barneveld, Gelderland, Nederland († 1693)
- Aalberta van Dompselaar, Barneveld
- Guilhelmus Van Reedt, Boom († 1718)
- Charlotte Louise d'ORLEANS de LONGUEVILLE,Mademoiselle de Dunois († 1645)
- Guiliam Van Reeth, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1718)
- Aalberta van Dompselaar, Barneveld
- Henri Louis Ernest DE LIGNE († 1702)
- Guilielmus Van Reeth, Boom, Antwerp, Belgium († 1718)
- Barbara Wunderlich, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
Died on Thursday February 4, 1644
- Martha Taylor (59), Newport, Rhode Island, United States
- Michiel Hackenijs (64)
- Margaretha Garve, Demern
Born on February 4
- 1495 » Francesco II Sforza, Duke of Milan († 1535)
- 1505 » Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet and author († 1580)
- 1575 » Pierre de Bérulle, French cardinal and theologian, founded the French school of spirituality († 1629)
- 1646 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet and politician († 1699)
- 1676 » Giacomo Facco, Italian violinist and composer († 1753)
- 1677 » Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer († 1731)
- 1688 » Pierre de Marivaux, French author and playwright († 1763)
- 1725 » Dru Drury, English entomologist and author († 1804)
- 1740 » Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer († 1795)
- 1778 » Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic († 1841)
Died on February 4
- 1498 » Antonio del Pollaiolo, Italian artist (b. 1429/1433)
- 1505 » Jeanne de Valois, daughter of Louis XI of France (b. 1464)
- 1508 » Conrad Celtes, German poet and scholar (b. 1459)
- 1555 » John Rogers, English clergyman and translator (b. 1505)
- 1590 » Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer and theorist (b. 1517)
- 1615 » Giambattista della Porta, Italian playwright and scholar (b. 1535)
- 1617 » Lodewijk Elzevir, Dutch publisher, co-founded the House of Elzevir (b. 1546)
- 1713 » Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English philosopher and politician (b. 1671)
- 1774 » Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)
- 1781 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (b. 1737)
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.
- March 18 » The Third Anglo-Powhatan War begins in the Colony of Virginia.
- 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 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.