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April 27, 1644Born on Thursday April 28, 1644
- Jacobus Dyckman, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands († 1685)
- Joannes Colleij, Borgharen, Limburg, Nederland
- Cornelis van Oosten, Delft
- Jannigje Teunisse Spruijt, Dordrecht
- Kaspar Kolber, Dodenau, Kreis Frankenberg († 1644)
- Jacob Lenart Willems Meulenbroek, Berlicum
- Bouritius Scheltes Fonteyn, Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands († 1655)
- Jacques III Goyon de Matignon († 1725)
- Isaak Adriaanse Smalheer, Stavenisse († 1713)
- Dorothy WELD, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
Died on Thursday April 28, 1644
- Jasper ter Bruggen
- Hans Heinrich von Künsberg (53)
- Cornelis Cornelis van den BERG
- Maria Ockerse (2), Zierikzee, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland, Nederland
- Jan Dircxsz
- Thomas GRIMES (70), Loseley Park, Artington, Guildford, Surrey
- Jacob Dircxsz
- Sytske Ammama, Sloten
- Dirck van Dusseldorp
- Lenert Cornelisz van Nierop
Born on April 28
- 1545 » Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander († 1598)
- 1573 » Charles de Valois, Duke of Angoulême, son of Charles IX († 1650)
- 1604 » Joris Jansen Rapelje, Dutch settler in colonial North America († 1662)
- 1623 » Wilhelmus Beekman, Dutch politician († 1707)
- 1630 » Charles Cotton, English poet and author († 1687)
- 1676 » Frederick I, prince consort and king of Sweden († 1751)
- 1715 » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer and educator († 1767)
- 1758 » James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States († 1831)
- 1761 » Marie Harel, French cheesemaker († 1844)
- 1765 » Sylvestre François Lacroix, French mathematician and academic († 1834)
Died on April 28
- 1489 » Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1449)
- 1533 » Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (b. 1461)
- 1643 » Francisco de Lucena, Portuguese politician (b. 1578)
- 1710 » Thomas Betterton, English actor and manager (b. 1630)
- 1716 » Louis de Montfort, French priest and saint (b. 1673)
- 1726 » Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (b. 1653)
- 1741 » Magnus Julius De la Gardie, Swedish general and politician (b. 1668)
- 1772 » Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (b. 1737)
- 1781 » Cornelius Harnett, American merchant, farmer, and politician (b. 1723)
- 1813 » Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (b. 1745)
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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)
- 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 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.
- June 29 » Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.