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March 4, 1644Died on Saturday March 5, 1644
- Michael BOWDITCH (60), Thorncombe, Devon, England
- Christine Soppe (44)
- Gabrielle de Demandolx, Fayence, Var, France
- Louise Juliana VAN ORANJE-NASSAU (67)
- 1st Bt. - Sir George Oughtred Courtenay, Bt. (64), Newcastle, County Limerick, Kingdom of Ireland, Limerick, Munster, Ireland
- Bridget JEFFREY (64), Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire, England
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 5, 1644 at Delpher
Born on March 5
- 1575 » William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician († 1660)
- 1585 » Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg († 1638)
- 1585 » John George I, Elector of Saxony († 1656)
- 1637 » Jan van der Heyden, Dutch painter and engineer († 1712)
- 1658 » Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, French explorer and politician, 3rd Colonial Governor of Louisiana († 1730)
- 1693 » Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian and scholar († 1754)
- 1696 » Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter († 1770)
- 1703 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright († 1768)
- 1713 » Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar († 1776)
- 1713 » Frederick Cornwallis, English archbishop († 1783)
Died on March 5
- 1534 » Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter and educator (b. 1489)
- 1539 » Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese admiral and politician, Governor of Portuguese India (b. 1487)
- 1599 » Guido Panciroli, Italian historian and jurist (b. 1523)
- 1611 » Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese daimyō (b. 1533)
- 1622 » Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
- 1695 » Henry Wharton, English writer and librarian (b. 1664)
- 1726 » Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1655)
- 1770 » Crispus Attucks, American slave (b. 1723)
- 1778 » Thomas Arne, English composer and educator (b. 1710)
- 1815 » Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologist (b. 1734)
Names that were popular for boys in 1644
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Joannes
- Petrus
- Jacob
- Willem
- Gerrit
- John
- Pieter
- Jansz
- Johannes
- Thomas
- Jean
- Cornelisz
- Van
- Jacobus
Names that were popular for girls in 1644
- Maria
- Anna
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Marie
- Joanna
- Mary
- Neeltje
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Jeanne
- Cornelia
- Van
- Sarah
- Jans
- Trijntje
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.
- April 25 » The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
- 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 28 » English Civil War: Bolton Massacre by Royalist troops under the command of James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby.
- June 5 » The Qing dynasty Manchu forces led by the Shunzhi Emperor take Beijing during the collapse of the Ming dynasty.