1644

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Decades:	1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s
Years:	1641 1642 1643 - 1644 - 1645 1646 1647

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Year 1644 (MDCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events of 1644

January 26 - At English Civil War Battle of Nantwich the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists, allowing them to end the six week Siege of Nantwich in Cheshire, England.
February to August - Explorer Abel Tasman's second expedition for the Dutch East India Company maps the north coast of Australia.
March 24 - In England, Roger Williams is granted an official charter for his Rhode Island Colony, allowing the establishment of a general assembly.
April 25 - A popular Chinese rebellion led by Li Zicheng sacks Beijing, prompting Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to commit suicide.
June 3 - Li Zicheng claimed himself as the emperor of China.
June 6 - The invading Manchu army, with the help of Ming general Wu Sangui, captures Beijing, China. This marks the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (also known as the Manchu Dynasty), the last imperial dynasty of China.

July 2 - The Battle of Marston Moor, the largest battle of the English Civil War, produces a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side, ending Charles I's hold on the north of England.
September 1 - Battle of Tippermuir, Montrose defeats Elcho's Covenanters, reviving Royalist cause in Scotland
September 2 - Second Battle of Lostwithiel, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
September 15 - Pope Innocent X succeeds Pope Urban VIII as the 236th pope.
November 23 - Areopagitica by John Milton is published.

The opera Ormindo is first performed in Venice: music by Francesco Cavalli and libretto by Giovanni Faustini.
Kolumna Zygmunta (Sigismund's Column) is erected in Warsaw to commemorate King Sigismund III Vasa, who moved the capital of Poland from Kraków to Warsaw in 1596.
Philosopher René Descartes publishes Principia Philosophiae (Principles of Philosophy).
During the English Civil War Prince Rupert and his men took Liverpool Castle which was later reclaimed by Sir John Moore.

**1644 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1644 MDCXLIV
Ab urbe condita	2397
Armenian calendar	1093 ԹՎ ՌՂԳ
Bahá'í calendar	-200 – -199
Buddhist calendar	2188
Chinese calendar	4280/4340-11-22 (癸未年十一月廿二日) — to — 4281/4341-12-3 (甲申年十二月初三日)
Ethiopian calendar	1636 – 1637
Hebrew calendar	5404 – 5405
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1699 – 1700
- Shaka Samvat	1566 – 1567
- Kali Yuga	4745 – 4746
Holocene calendar	11644
Iranian calendar	1022 – 1023
Islamic calendar	1053 – 1054
Japanese calendar	Kan'ei 21 (寛永21年) — changed to — Shōhō 1 (正保元年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2304 (皇紀2304年)
- Jōmon Era	11644
Julian calendar	1689
Korean calendar	3977
Thai solar calendar	2187
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See also Category:1644 births.

See also Category:1644 deaths.