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| Years: 1643 1644 1645 - 1646 - 1647 1648 1649 | ||||||||||
| Decades: 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s | ||||||||||
| Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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Events
Ongoing events
- Wars of the Three Kingdoms, including the English Civil War (1642-1649)
Births
- February 4 - Hans Erasmus Aßmann, Freiherr von Abschatz, German statesman and poet (d. 1699)
- February 17 - Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, French economist (d. 1714)
- February 23 - Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)
- April 4 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
- April 15 - King Christian V of Denmark (d. 1699)
- April 16 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French archistect (d. 1708)
- April 26 - King Peter II of Portugal (d. 1706)
- July 1 - Gottfried Leibniz, German philosopher, scientist, and mathematician (d. 1716)
- August 8 - Godfrey Kneller, German-born painter (b. 1723)
- August 19 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (d. 1719)
- December 26 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
Deaths
- March 11 - Stanislaw Koniecpolski, Polish soldier and statesman
- April 10 - Santino Solari, Swiss architect and sculptor (b. 1576)
- August 19 - Alexander Henderson, Scottish theologian
- September 1 - Francis Windebank, English statesman (b. 1582)
- September 14 - Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, English Civil War general (b. 1591)
- September 24 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer
- October 4 - Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, English statesman (b. 1586)
- October 12 - François de Bassompierre, Marshal of France (b. 1579)
- October 18 - Isaac Jogues, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1607)
- October 28 - William Dobson, English painter (b. 1610)
- November 29 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (b. 1565)
- December 22 - Peter Mogila, Orthodox Metropolitan of Kiev and Galicia (b. 1596)
- December 23 - François Maynard, French poet (b. 1582)
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