In the year 1644, the first livestock branding law in America is passed (Feb 5 ), Chinese rebels sack Beijing, causing ultimately the collapse of the Ming Dynasty (Apr 25), Beijing is recaptured, and Manchu rule over China proper begins (Jun 6), the English Civil War goes on, Sigismund Column is erected in Warsaw, Abel Tasman maps the north coast of Australia, and all these fine people were born:
1644-xxxx Antonio Stradivari* luthier/ violin maker – Cremona, Italy (1737/ca92-93)
1644-0114 Thomas Britton* charcoal merchant/concert promoter – Rushden, Northamptonshire, England (1714/70)
1644 -0118 John Partridge* reforming astrologer – East Sheen, Surrey, England (c.1714/c.70)
1644-0126 Thomas Boylston* doctor/patriarch of the influential Boylston family of Massachusetts/great-grandfather of U.S. President John Adams
1644-0212 Jakob Ammann* founder of the Amish sect – Erlenbach, Switzerland (1712-1730)
1644-0224 Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt* mother of Johannes Sebastian Bach - Erfurt, Germany (1694/50)
1644-0315 Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld* German iron and cobalt magnate - Schneeberg, Saxony (1715/70)
1644-0322 Otto Mencke* philosopher/scientist - Oldenburg, County of Oldenburg (1707/62)
1644-0407 Nathaniel Johnson* British-American soldier/politician/to America at age 42 - Durham, England (1712/68)
1644-0417 Abraham Storck* painter - Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1708/63)
1644-0504 Juan Caballero y Ocio* priest/philanthropist - Querétaro, Mexico (1707/62)
1644-0602 William Salmon* English empiric doctor/writer of medical texts - England (1713/69)
1644-0707 Joan Geelvinck* merchant/politician - Amsterdam, Dutch Republic (1707/62)
1644-0829 Anne Bourdon* nun in New France - Quebec City, New France (1711/67)
1644-0925 Ole Rømer* astronomer/inventor of the modern thermometer - Århus, Denmark-Norway (1710/65)
1644-1014 William Penn* Quaker/ founder of Pennsylvania – London, England (1718/73)
1644-1123 Cornelia van der Gon* (B) art collector/owner of a show-dollhouse that attracted a following in Amsterdam - Haarlem, Dutch Republic (1701/55)
1644-1209 Robert Kirk* minister/Gaelic scholar/folklorist - Aberfoyle, Stirling, Scotland (1692/47)
Updated 22.12.2022-1
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