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July 6, 1644Born on Thursday July 7, 1644
- Maritge, Winssen
- Henricus Thomas, Merksplas, België
- Geertien Thijssen
- Geertien Thijssen
- Eijbert Lubbertsen, Nunspeet
- Claas, Harderwijk
- Eijbert Lubbertsen, Nunspeet
- Petrus Petri, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Martina Raeman, Oostwinkel
- Jenneken van Sambeeck, Winssen
Died on Thursday July 7, 1644
- Hedwig von Hessen-Kassel (75), Stadthagen,Schaumburg-Lippe,Germany
- Marie Althusius (Althaus) (46), Emmerich, Germany
- Hedwig Van Hessen Kassel (75)
- Hedwig VON HESSE-KASSEL (75)
- Hedwig Von Hessen-Kassel Twin to Agnes (75), Hagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Frans Claude Michael des Fours van Mont-Athienville (0)
- Catherine Bellot (42)
- Jannetje van Marcken, Leiden
- Charles Fairfax (29), Long Marston, Yorkshire, England
- Hedwig von Hessen-Kassel (75), Stadthagen, Niedersachsen, Germany
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 7, 1644 at Delpher
Born on July 7
- 1482 » Andrzej Krzycki, Polish archbishop († 1537)
- 1528 » Archduchess Anna of Austria († 1590)
- 1540 » John Sigismund Zápolya, King of Hungary († 1571)
- 1586 » Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English courtier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland († 1646)
- 1616 » John Leverett, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony († 1679)
- 1752 » Joseph Marie Jacquard, French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom († 1834)
- 1766 » Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, French general († 1815)
- 1831 » Jane Elizabeth Conklin, American poet and religious writer († 1914)
- 1833 » Félicien Rops, Belgian painter and illustrator († 1898)
- 1843 » Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate († 1926)
Died on July 7
- 1568 » William Turner, British ornithologist and botanist (b. 1508)
- 1572 » Sigismund II Augustus, Polish king (b. 1520)
- 1573 » Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, Italian architect, designed the Church of the Gesù and Villa Farnese (b. 1507)
- 1593 » Mohammed Bagayogo, Malian scholar and academic (b. 1523)
- 1600 » Thomas Lucy, English politician (b. 1532)
- 1607 » Penelope Blount, Countess of Devonshire, English noblewoman (b. 1563)
- 1647 » Thomas Hooker, English minister, founded the Colony of Connecticut (b. 1586)
- 1701 » William Stoughton, American judge and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1631)
- 1713 » Henry Compton, English bishop (b. 1632)
- 1718 » Alexei Petrovich, Russian tsar (b. 1690)
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 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.
- 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.
- October 13 » A Swedish–Dutch fleet defeats the Danish fleet at Fehmarn and captures about 1,000 prisoners.