Events in year of 1644
- 01-181st UFO sighting in America, by perplexed pilgrims in Boston
- 01-24Battle at Nantwich Cheshire: Parliamentary armies win
- 02-051st US livestock branding law passed, by Connecticut
- 03-07Massachusetts establishes 1st 2-chamber legislature in colonies
- 03-14England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)
- 03-19200 members of Peking imperial family / court commit suicide
- 03-31Pope Urbanus VIII and Duke of Parma signs Peace of Ferrara
- 04-29Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes Emperor of China and flees Peking
- 05-06Johan Mauritius resigns as Governor of Brazil
- 05-23Johan Mauritius van Nassau resigns as head of Civil rights activists
- 06-11Florentine Scientist describe invention of barometer
- 07-02Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists
- 09-05Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Sas of Gent
- 09-15Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VII as Innocent X
- 09-17French troops occupy Mainz
- 10-23Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Admiral Thijssen beats Denen
- 10-272nd Battle at Newbury: King Charles I beats parliamentary armies
- 11-191st protestant ministry society in New England
People born in year of 1644
- 01-10Louis Boufflers: Marshall of France
- 03-18Gottfried Wegner: Composer
- 04-17Abraham Jansz Storck: Painter, baptized
- 05-23Thomas Eisenhut: Composer
- 07-02Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Megerle]: German court vicar
- 08-06Francoise L de la Baume Le Blanc: French mistress of Louis XIV
- 08-12Georg Christoph Leuttner: Composer
- 08-12Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Composer
- 09-05Gillis Schey: Dutch Admiral (battle at Lowestoft)
- 09-06Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles: Composer
- 09-14Gijsbert Cuper: Dutch classicist / regent
- 10-01Alessandro Stradella: Italian violinist / composer
- 10-01Jean Rousseau: Composer
- 12-23Tomas de Torrejon y Velasco: Composer
- 12-30Philips van Almonde: Dutch Zeeuws Lieutenant Admiral
People died in year of 1644
- 01-30William Chillingworth: Engl theologian, Cambridge Platonist
- 03-05Louise Juliana: Countess of Nassau, dies at 73
- 03-19Si Sang: Last Ming-Emperor of China, commits suicide
- 03-24Cecilia Renata: Arch Duchess of Austria
- 06-16Johannes a Sancto Thoma [Poinset]: Portuguese theologist, dies at 54
- 07-02William Gascoigne: Introduced telescopic sights, is killed at 24
- 07-29Urban VIII [Maffeo Barberini]: Pope (1623-44)
- 08-05J Henry Alting: Theologist (Statenvertaling), dies at 61
- 09-04John Wtenbogaert: Theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87
- 09-08Francis Quarles: English Poet (Enchiridion)
- 10-06Isabella van Bourbon: French Princess of Henri IV
Events in year of 1645
- 03-24Battle at Jankov Bohemia: Sweden beatS RC Emperor Ferdinand III
- 04-02Robert Devereux resigns as parliament Supreme Commander
- 04-03English parliament accept Self-Denying Ordinance
- 04-07Michael Cardozo becomes 1st Jewish lawyer in Brazil
- 06-14Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists
- 07-13Aleksei Romanov succeeds his father Michael as Czar of Russia
- 07-23Aleksei Mihailovitch Romanov succeeds his father Michael as Czar
- 08-03Battle of Allersheim: French defeat Bavarians
- 08-30Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
- 11-04Prince Frederik Henry conquerors Holly
People born in year of 1645
- 01-28Gottfried Vopelius: Composer
- 08-03August Kuhnel: Composer
- 09-10Romeyn de Hooghe: Haarlem, Netherlands -- Painter / goldsmith
- 10-26Aert de Gelder: Dutch painter (King David)
- 11-21Johann Lohner: Composer
- 11-30Andreas Werkmeister: Composer
- 12-27Giovanni Adb Viscardi: Switzerland -- Architect
People died in year of 1645
- 01-10William Laud: Archbishop of Canterbury, beheaded for treason at 71
- 04-19Anton van Diemen: Governor-General (Netherlands East Indies), dies at about 51
- 07-23Michael Fjodorovitsj: Tsar of Russia (1613-45) / 1st Romanov
- 09-02Lady Alice Lisle: English widow of John Lisle, beheaded
- 09-14Heinrich Steuccius: Composer, dies at 65
Events in year of 1646
- 02-28Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
- 03-06Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent
- 04-27King Charles I flees Oxford
- 05-05King Charles I surrenders at Scotland
- 05-30Spain and Netherlands signs temporary cease fire
- 07-30English parliament sets King Charles I Newcastle Propositions
- 10-281st Protestant church assembly for indians (Massachusetts)
- 12-07Princess Louise Henriette (19) marries monarch Frederik Henry
People born in year of 1646
- 02-04Hans A Freiherr von Abschatz: Silesian poet
- 07-01G W Leibniz: German mathematician / philosopher; postulated monads
- 07-29Johann Theile: German composer (Adam & Eve)
- 08-19John Flamsteed: 1st astronomer royal of England
- 09-09Zeger B van Espen: Flemish theologist
- 10-02Guillaume Poitevin: Composer
- 12-25Harald Vallerius: Composer
People died in year of 1646
- 01-06Elias Hill: German Architect of Augsburg, dies at 72
- 03-20Matthew Vossius: Historian (Annales Holland Zelandiaeque), dies at 35
- 08-28Fulvio Testi: Italian Poet (Poesie liriche), dies at 53
- 09-11Johann Stobaeus: Composer, dies at 66
- 09-14Thomas H Earl of Arundel: English art collector (Marbles)
- 10-03Virgilio Mazzocchi: Composer, dies at 49
- 10-09Baltasar Carlos: Son of Spanish King Philip IV
- 10-12Francois De Bassompierre: Marshal of France
- 11-30John C Lichthart: Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45