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April 25, 1644Born on Tuesday April 26, 1644
- Nicholas Morin, Québec, Quebec, Canada († 1667)
- Anneken Gerit GOOSSENS, Oirschot († 1680)
- Elisabeth Snackers, Hulsberg († 1675)
- Olive Julienne HALGAN, Batz-sur-Mer,44740,Loire-Atlantique,Pays de la Loire,FRANCE
- Elisabeth Jacobs, Breda
- Mary Dow, Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
- Petrus Pelsers, Heerlen
- Adrien VAN COPPENOLLE, Renaix-St-Pierre,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1708)
- Anna VAN BEVER, Meise, 1860, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1690)
- Bryan Flintoff, Bilsdale, North Riding, Yorkshire, England
Died on Tuesday April 26, 1644
- Anna Katharina von KORFF (27), Kreutzburg
- Anna Singer (32), Schwarzbach, Sachsen, Deutschland
- Anna Catharina van Korff-Precollen (27), Krustpils (Kreutzburg), Jekabpils (Jakobstadt), Selonia (Ober-Lettland), Letland
- Demange CLAUS, ARGANCY 57640-Moselle-Lorraine-France
- Bernard le jeune du Gout
- Ercole Del Pozzo del Borgo (49), Alata, Corsica
- Marguerite DANJON (54), Treigny (89 Yonne), France
- Andrew Andro Cuthberstone (31), Leith, Midlothianshire, Scotland
- Hercule Pozzio bi Borgo (47)
- Andrew Culbertson (31), Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Born on April 26
- 1538 » Gian Paolo Lomazzo, Italian painter and academic († 1600)
- 1575 » Marie de' Medici, queen of Henry IV of France († 1642)
- 1647 » William Ashhurst, English banker, Sheriff of London, Lord Mayor of London and politician († 1720)
- 1648 » Peter II of Portugal († 1706)
- 1697 » Adam Falckenhagen, German lute player and composer († 1754)
- 1710 » Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher and academic († 1796)
- 1718 » Esek Hopkins, American commander († 1802)
- 1774 » Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist and paleontologist († 1853)
- 1782 » Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily († 1866)
- 1785 » John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist and painter († 1851)
Died on April 26
- 1444 » Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
- 1478 » Giuliano de' Medici, Italian ruler (b. 1453)
- 1489 » Ashikaga Yoshihisa, Japanese shōgun (b. 1465)
- 1558 » Jean Fernel, French physician (b. 1497)
- 1686 » Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (b. 1622)
- 1716 » John Somers, 1st Baron Somers, English jurist and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1651)
- 1784 » Nano Nagle, Irish nun and educator, founded the Presentation Sisters (b. 1718)
- 1789 » Petr Ivanovich Panin, Russian general (b. 1721)
- 1809 » Bernhard Schott, German music publisher (b. 1748)
- 1865 » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (b. 1838)
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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 26 » Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese and Spanish forces both claim victory in the Battle of Montijo.
- 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.
- September 1 » Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
- 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.