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1644

Years: 1641 1642 1643 - 1644 - 1645 1646 1647

Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1644 in literature 1644 in science

Table of contents

1 Events 1.1 Ongoing events 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• July 2 - Battle of Marston Moor, a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side of the English Civil War ends Charles I's hold on the north of England.
• September 2 - Second Battle of Lostwithiel, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
• Pope Innocent X is elected to the Papacy, in Rome.
• November 23 - Areopagitica by John Milton is published.
• A peasant revolt, combined with open military rebellion led by General Wu Sangui and subsequent Manchu military intervention in Beijing, brings an end to the Ming Dynasty in China. They are succeeded by the Qing Dynasty, sometimes known as the Manchu Emperors.
• The opera Ormindo is first performed in Venice. Music by Francesco Cavalli and libretto by Giovanni Faustini.

Ongoing events

• English Civil War (1642-1649)

Births

• June 16 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland and later Duchess of Orléans
• September 25 - Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer (d. 1710)

Deaths

• July 29 - Pope Urban VIII

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