What happened in 1644?
57 recorded events in 1644, including 29 in wars & conflicts, 17 in people and 5 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 29
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Battle of Marston Moor
1644 battle of the First English Civil War
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Battle of Shanhai Pass
1644 battle in China
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Battle of Freiburg
1644 battle of the thirty years' war
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Battle of Montijo
1644 battle between Portugal and Spain
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Battle of Jüterbog
Battle of the thirty years' war, 1644
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Char Bouba War
War in north-west Africa, 1644–1674
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Second Battle of Newbury
1644 battle that took place during the First English Civil War
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Battle of Ochmatów
1644 battle between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and a horde of Crimean Tatars
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Sieges of Taunton
1644 series of three blockades during the First English Civil War
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Battle of Beijing
1644 rebellion in Beijing, China which deposed the Ming dynasty
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Battle of Lostwithiel
Battle in the First English Civil War (1644)
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Siege of Lleida
1644 siege during the Reapers' War
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Siege of Oxford
1644 siege
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Siege of York
Siege of the English Civil War (1644)
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Battle of Tippermuir
1644 battle of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms
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Battle of Bysjön
1644 battle of the Torstenson war
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Bolton Massacre
1644 English Civil War incident
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Battle of Aberdeen
1644 battle in Aberdeen City, Scotland, UK
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Siege of Philippsburg (1644)
Siege during the Thirty Years' War
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Battle of Cropredy Bridge
1644 battle of the English Civil War
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Battle of Cheriton
1644 battle of the English Civil War
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Battle of Ormskirk
1644 battle in the First English Civil War
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Battle of Selby
1644 battle
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Siege of Newcastle
1644 siege in the First English Civil War
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Relief of Newark
Battle that took place during the First English Civil War
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Siege of Gravelines
1644 siege during the Franco-Spanish War
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Siege of Lyme Regis
1644 siege of the First English Civil War
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Battle of Kolding
1644 battle of the thirty years' war
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Battle of Oswestry
1644 battle of the English Civil War
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People 17
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Urban VIII died
235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
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Jan Baptist van Helmont died
Chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Low Countries
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Georg Marcgrave died
German naturalist and astronomer (1610-1644)
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Thomas Roe died
English diplomat (1581-1644)
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George Sandys died
English traveller, colonist, poet, translator
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William Crabtree died
British astronomer
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William Gascoigne died
English astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker
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Deodat del Monte died
Flemish painter (1582-1644)
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Richard Delamaine died
English mathematician
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François Derand died
French architect (1588–1644)
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Stephen Hopkins died
English adventurer to Virginia and Plymouth colonies (d. 1644)
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Charles Poncet de Brétigny died
French explorer
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Johannes Jeep died
German composer
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Matsuo Bashō born
Born in Bashō's birth house. Japanese poet (1644–1694).
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William Penn born
Born in London. English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania (1644-1718).
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Abdul-Qādir Bēdil born
Born in Azimabad. Indo-Persian sufi, writer and poet (1642–1720).
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Louis François, duc de Boufflers born
Born in Crillon. Marshal of France (1644-1711).
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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1644 papal conclave
Conclave
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Izaak Synagogue
In Kraków, Poland
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San Calogero
San Calogero (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Madonna delle Grazie
Shrine in Tovo San Giacomo, Italy
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Architecture & Engineering 5
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San Giacomo alla Lungara
Church in Rome
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St. Joseph's Church, Lublin
Church building in Lublin, Poland
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Palazzo Muti
Building in Rome, Italy
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Chiesa della Madonna del Pilone
Church
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Chiesa Santa Maria Assunta
Church in Bientina, Italy
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Empires & Countries 2
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Shun dynasty founded
Shun dynasty was founded, with its capital at Xi'an.
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Shun dynasty dissolved
Shun dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Xi'an.
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