Nekrolog 1644
This is a list of famous people who died in 1644 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 18th | Benedetto Ubaldi | Italian clergyman, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | ||
| January 23 | David Lindner | German legal scholar | 39 | |
| 31 January | George II of Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl | German nobleman | 55 | |
| January | Georg Marggraf | German naturalist and explorer | 33 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 15th | Anna von Schade | German mistress of the Emsland after the death of her husband | 59 |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th March | Johann Dietrich von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort | German Imperial Count from the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim; Founder of the Catholic line Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | 59 | |
| March, 15 | Luise Juliana of Orange-Nassau | Princess of Orange-Nassau, Electress of the Palatinate | 67 | |
| March 23 | Kaspar Vogt | German master builder, city master builder in Schwäbisch Gmünd | ||
| March 24th | Cäcilia Renata of Austria | Queen of Poland | 32 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 6th | Friedrich Hermann Flayder | German poet-humanist and playwright | ||
| 7th of April | Carlo Carafa | Bishop of Aversa and Nuncio in Vienna | ||
| 10th of April | William Brewster | English church elder, passenger on the Mayflower and one of the first colonists in the New World | ||
| April 21 | Torsten Stålhandske | Swedish general | ||
| April 25 | Chongzhen | Chinese emperor of the Ming Dynasty | 33 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16 | Johann Albrecht von Mandelslo | German nobleman and traveler | 28 | |
| 23. May | François van der Burch | Prince Archbishop and Duke of Cambrai | 76 | |
| May 24th | Alfonso III. d'Este | Duke of Modena and Reggio | 52 | |
| 30th May | Dietrich Brömse | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th of June | Wouter Pietersz. II. Crabeth | Dutch painter | ||
| June 24th | Hans Caspar von Klitzing | Swedish, Electoral Saxon, Brandenburg and Princely Brunswick-Lüneburg Lieutenant General, is considered the first real General of Brandenburg | ||
| June 24th | Johannes Maccovius | Polish reformed theologian |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th of July | Hedwig of Hessen-Kassel | Princess of Schaumburg | 75 | |
| July 9 | Giulio Savelli | Cardinal of the Roman Church | ||
| July 11th | Joost Schouten | Dutch merchant of the East India Company | ||
| 16th of July | Giovanni Biliverti | Italian painter | 58 | |
| 17th July | Jørgen Vind | Danish admiral | 51 | |
| 29th of July | Urban VIII. | Italian clergyman, Pope (1623–1644) | 76 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Bernardo Strozzi | Italian painter | ||
| 15th of August | Cherubino Busatti | Italian composer and organist | ||
| 15th of August | Laurentius Ribovius | Church music composer | 42 | |
| August 27 | Catherine of Brandenburg | Princess of Transylvania, Duchess of Saxony-Lauenburg | 42 | |
| August 31 | Tomaso Cecchino | Italian composer |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4th | Wolfgang Siegel | Saxon mountain official | 61 | |
| 7th of September | Guido Bentivoglio | Italian cardinal | 64 | |
| 7th of September | Ralph Corbie | Irish Jesuit | 46 | |
| September 8th | Dubslaff Christoph von Eickstedt | ducal-Pomeranian court judge, governor and district administrator, canon of Cammin | 56 | |
| September 8th | Francis Quarles | English writer | 52 | |
| 12th September | Sigismund Finckelthaus | German university professor and mayor | 64 | |
| September 14th | Hartwig von Passow | German politician and diplomat | 45 | |
| 16th September | Bruno III from Mansfeld | Knight of Malta, soldier, colonel hunter in the service of the Habsburgs | 67 | |
| September | Mary King | english businesswoman |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 6th | Elisabeth de Bourbon | Queen of Spain and Portugal, Princess of France | 41 | |
| October 12th | Otto Heinrich Fugger | Bavarian General of the Thirty Years War | 52 | |
| October 17th | Hermann Otto I of Limburg-Styrum | German nobleman and military | 52 | |
| October 18 | Gerhard Romilian von Kalcheim | German lawyer and diplomat | 54 | |
| October 19th | Johann Friedrich | Count Palatine and Duke of Hilpolstein | 57 | |
| October 21 | Kaspar Graf von Eberstein | Hessian lieutenant general | 40 | |
| 23rd October | Adrian Müller | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 71 | |
| October 31 | Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, Conde de Oñate | Spanish statesman and diplomat |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Johann Jodok Singisen | Swiss Benedictine monk, abbot of the Muri monastery | ||
| November 6th | Thomas Roe | English diplomat | ||
| November 10th | Luis Velez de Guevara | Spanish playwright and novelist | 65 | |
| November 19th | Johann Jeep | German organist, bandmaster and song composer | ||
| 20th November | Ambrosius Seibaeus | German priest and auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Mainz | ||
| 21st November | Raphael Mischowsky de Sebuzina | bohemian lawyer | ||
| 22nd of November | Aodh Óg Mac Mathúna | Irish rebel leader | ||
| November 23 | Otto Heinrich von Callenberg | German officer and politician | 43 | |
| November 24th | Deodaat Delmonte | Flemish architect, engineer, astronomer and painter | 62 | |
| November 29th | Gebhard von Moltke | Mecklenburg landowner and politician | 77 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th of December | Christine Poniatovska | Polish seer | 34 | |
| 11th December | George Jamesone | Scottish painter | ||
| December 14th | Maria Clara von Spaur, Pflaum and Valör | Princess Abbess of Essen | ||
| 15th December | Theophanes III. | Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem | ||
| 15th December | Johann von Waldburg-Wolfegg | Prince-Bishop of Constance (1628–1644) | 46 | |
| 20th of December | Albrecht | German Duke of Saxony-Eisenach | 45 | |
| 30th of December | Johan Baptista van Helmont | Universal scientist, doctor, natural scientist and chemist | 64 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seathrún Céitinn | Irish historian, poet and Catholic priest | |||
| William Crabtree | English astronomer | |||
| François Derand | French architect and mathematician | |||
| Timoléon d'Espinay | French military leader, Marshal of France and Knight of the Royal Order | |||
| Carlo Filago | Italian composer of the early baroque | |||
| Har Gobind | sixth guru of the Sikhs | |||
| Khu Urluk | Prince of the Kalmyks | |||
| Ling Mengchu | Chinese poet | |||
| Leonhard Helfried von Meggau | Imperial Chamberlain and Chief Chamberlain | |||
| Francisco Pacheco del Río | Spanish painter, art theorist and poet | |||
| Agostino Tassi | Italian painter | |||
| Zekeriyazade Yahya | Ottoman poet |