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Born on Sunday February 7, 1644
- Aryen van BRONTGEEST, Delft († 1645)
- Catelijntien de Neve, West Souburg
- Claasje Jans Langelaan, Pijnacker
- Ariaantje Jacobs heer, Katwijk
- Beyer Boeckesteijn, De Lier, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anneke Schult, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bastiaen Jansz Teeuwen, Werkendam, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1646)
- Cornelis Abrahams Pijl, Alblasserdam († 1717)
- Claesien Jansd LANGELAEN, Pijnacker
- Catharina Van Crieckinge - Van Crieckinghe, Rotselaar
Died on Sunday February 7, 1644
- FRANCES GLOVER STEVENS (33), Southampton, Suffolk, New York
- Michiel Bastiaansz CASTELEIJN (2)
- Joan Isabel Orpe (61), Bury, Lancashire, England
- Jacquette PIOU (74), Le Fuilet, 49270, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, FRANCE
- Michel Bastiaansz Casteleijn (1)
- Robert Prestwich (50), Manchester, Lancashire, England
- Johannes van Oost (2), Roermond
- Mathurine ROBINEAU
- Margarete NN2 (34), Elsoff, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Cornelia de (d') Hooge (Ho(o)ghe) (20), Sint-Gillis-Waas (B)
Born on February 7
- 1487 » Queen Dangyeong, Korean royal consort († 1557)
- 1500 » João de Castro, viceroy of Portuguese India († 1548)
- 1612 » Thomas Killigrew, English playwright and manager († 1683)
- 1622 » Vittoria della Rovere, Italian noble († 1694)
- 1693 » Empress Anna of Russia († 1740)
- 1722 » Azar Bigdeli, Iranian anthologist and poet († 1781)
- 1726 » Margaret Fownes-Luttrell, English painter († 1766)
- 1741 » Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English painter and academic († 1825)
- 1758 » Benedikt Schack, Czech tenor and composer († 1826)
- 1796 » Thomas Gregson, English-Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Premier of Tasmania (baptism date; d. 1874)
Died on February 7
- 1520 » Alfonsina de' Medici, Regent of Florence (b. 1472)
- 1560 » Bartolommeo Bandinelli, Florentine sculptor (b. 1493)
- 1603 » Bartholomäus Sastrow, German politician (b. 1520)
- 1626 » William V, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1548)
- 1642 » William Bedell, English bishop and academic (b. 1571)
- 1693 » Paul Pellisson, French lawyer and author (b. 1624)
- 1736 » Stephen Gray, English astronomer and physicist (b. 1666)
- 1779 » William Boyce, English organist and composer (b. 1711)
- 1799 » Qianlong Emperor of China (b. 1711)
- 1801 » Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish-German painter and academic (b. 1726)
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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 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.
- June 29 » Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
- 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 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.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.