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May 12, 1644Born on Friday May 13, 1644
- Albrecht Friedrich van Wolfstein († 1693)
- Léonarde BARD, Corancy, Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France († 1744)
- Jacob Frans Joseph Beyens
- Albrecht Friedrich von WOLFSTEIN († 1693)
- Egidius De Block, Moorsel († 1663)
- Joseph Boynton, Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States of America († 1730)
- Albrecht Freidrich Von Wolfstein, Pyrbaum, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Bayern, Germany († 1693)
- Marie Jansdr van Alphen, Princenhage
- Egidius De Block, Moorsel († 1663)
- Ignatius WILLEMS, Lier,, Antwerpen, België
Died on Friday May 13, 1644
- Magdalena Van Vaerenbergh* (44), Erps Belgie
- Magdalena Van Varenberg (44), Erps, Brabant, Belgie
- van Hilten, Utrecht
- Aefke Dircks (46), Herbaijum, Franekeradeel, Friesland, Nederland
- N.N.'kind van Marinus Lowijsz' van der Grijp, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Aefke Dircks (46), Herbaijum
- Gilles Mels
- Agnes von Anhalt-Dessau (0), Dessau, Sachsen-Anhalt, Deutschland
- Richard Norwood (40), Cambridge, Norfolk Co, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
- Magdalena VAN Vaerenbergh (44), ERPS (3071) Vl.Brabant
Born on May 13
- 1588 » Ole Worm, Danish physician and historian († 1654)
- 1597 » Cornelis Schut, Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver († 1655)
- 1638 » Richard Simon, French priest and scholar († 1712)
- 1699 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal († 1782)
- 1712 » Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff, Danish politician and diplomat († 1772)
- 1713 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist († 1765)
- 1717 » Maria Theresa, Archduchess, Queen, and Empress; Austrian wife of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1780)
- 1730 » Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1782)
- 1735 » Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer († 1821)
- 1742 » Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen († 1798)
Died on May 13
- 1573 » Takeda Shingen, Japanese daimyō (b. 1521)
- 1619 » Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Dutch politician (b. 1547)
- 1704 » Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (b. 1632)
- 1726 » Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, Italian singer (b. 1659)
- 1782 » Daniel Solander, Swedish-English botanist and phycologist (b. 1736)
- 1807 » Eliphalet Dyer, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1721)
- 1809 » Beilby Porteus, English bishop (b. 1731)
- 1832 » Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and academic (b. 1769)
- 1835 » John Nash, English architect, designed the Royal Pavilion (b. 1752)
- 1866 » Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
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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)
- 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.
- October 27 » Second Battle of Newbury in the English Civil War.
- November 23 » John Milton publishes Areopagitica, a pamphlet decrying censorship.