In history, year 1644 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1644.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1644 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|
| 25 april | The Ming dynasty of China fell when the Chongzhen Emperor committed suicide during a peasant rebellion led by Li Zicheng. |
| 25 may | Ming general Wu Sangui let the invading Manchus pass throughthe Great Wall of China, allowing them to capture Beijing, leading tothe foundation of the Qing dynasty. |
| 26 may | Portuguese Restoration War-Portuguese and Spanish forces bothclaimed victory in the Battle of Montijo. |
| 27 may | Manchu regent Dorgon defeated rebel leader Li Zicheng of theShun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus toenter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. |
| 28 may | English Civil War-Royalist troops allegedly slaughtered up to1,600 people during their storm and capture of the Town of Bolton. |
| 29 june | Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil. The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was a battle of the English Civil Wars, between a Parliamentarian army under Sir William Waller and the Royalist army of King Charles. |
| 02 july | The combined forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the EnglishParliamentarians defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor,one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, near York. |
| 27 october | English Civil War-The combined armies of Parliament inflicteda tactical defeat on the Royalists, but failed to gain any strategicadvantage in the Second Battle of Newbury. |
| 08 november | The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty, wasenthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming Dynasty as the firstQing emperor to rule over China. |
| 09 november | The Shunzhi Emperor, the third emperor of the Qingdynasty, was enthroned in Beijing after the collapse of the Ming dynastyas the first Qing emperor to rule over China. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1644:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|
| 02 October | François-Timoléon de Choisy / Author / France |
| 07 April | François de Neufville / General / France |
| 10 January | Louis François / General / France |
| 12 August | Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber / Violinist / Bahamas |
| 14 October | William Penn / Business Man / United Kingdom |
| 22 May | Gabriël Grupello / Sculptor / Belgium |
| 25 February | Thomas Newcomen / Engineer / United Kingdom |
| 25 September | Ole Rømer / Astronomer / Denmark |
| 31 March | Henry Winstanley / Painter / United Kingdom |