1644

Years: 1641 1642 1643 - 1644 - 1645 1646 1647
Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s
Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

January 26 - At English Civil War Battle of Nantwich the Parliamenterians 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 - A popular Chinese rebellion led by Li Zicheng sacks Beijing, prompting Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, to commit suicide.
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 - Battle of Marston Moor, a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side of the English Civil War, ended 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 is elected to the Papacy, in Rome.
November 23 - Areopagitica by John Milton is published.
December - Plague breaks out in Edinburgh.

The opera Ormindo is first performed in Venice. Music by Francesco Cavalli and libretto by Giovanni Faustini.
Kolumna Zygmunta (Sigismund's Column) 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).

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