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April 21, 1644Born on Friday April 22, 1644
- Magdeleine Vellu († 1712)
- Jacob (Jansen) Raijmans-Moijl-Kuijper, Gorssel
- Henric Bannink, Gelselaar († 1722)
- Gabriel Thayer, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England
- Anna Maria Freyler, Emmendingen, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Adriana Thomasd VEKEMANS, Oosterhout
- Aelken Lusthuis, Oldenzaal
- Mary Hobbs, Hungerford, Berkshire, England († 1725)
- Hermann Feuring, Puderbach, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Laurent (Laurentius) De Brouwer (Brauwer), Hamme (O.-Vl.), Sint-Anna, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1702)
Died on Friday April 22, 1644
- Hendricksken Noot (0), Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
- John House (1), Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Philip Gosie
- John Howze (1), Cambridge, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
- Marie Polee (50)
- Gijsbert Gijsbertsz (39), Veenendaal
- Jacob Dercks, Oostum
- Francois LABULEE, Villers-les-Pots, 21699, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne, France
Born on April 22
- 1592 » Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician († 1635)
- 1610 » Pope Alexander VIII († 1691)
- 1658 » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer († 1709)
- 1690 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council († 1763)
- 1707 » Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright († 1754)
- 1711 » Paul II Anton, Prince Esterházy, Austrian soldier († 1762)
- 1724 » Immanuel Kant, German anthropologist, philosopher, and academic († 1804)
- 1732 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor († 1814)
- 1744 » James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts († 1808)
- 1757 » Alessandro Rolla, Italian violinist and composer († 1841)
Died on April 22
- 1585 » Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück and Paderborn (b. 1550)
- 1616 » Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (b. 1547)
- 1672 » Georg Stiernhielm, Swedish linguist and poet (b. 1598)
- 1699 » Hans Erasmus Aßmann, German poet (b. 1646)
- 1758 » Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (b. 1686)
- 1778 » James Hargreaves, British inventor (b. 1720)
- 1806 » Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, French admiral (b. 1763)
- 1821 » Gregory V of Constantinople, Greek patriarch and saint (b. 1746)
- 1833 » Richard Trevithick, English engineer and explorer (b. 1771)
- 1850 » Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Estonian philologist and physician (b. 1798)
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.
- April 25 » The Chongzhen Emperor, the last Emperor of Ming dynasty China, commits suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng.
- May 26 » Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
- 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.
- September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.