1644 deaths

235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)

chemist, physiologist, and physician from the Spanish Low Countries

emperor of the Ming Dynasty

Queen consort of Spain (1602-1644)

Sixth Guru of Sikhism

Queen Consort of Poland

Spanish painter and teacher (1564-1644)

Italian noble (1591-1644)

Italian painter (1581-1644)

Spanish writer

Electress Palatine (1576-1644)

English poet

German naturalist and astronomer (1610-1644)

Italian cardinal and diplomat (1579–1644)

Italian painter (c.1580-1644)

Duke of Saxe-Eisenach

English diplomat (1581-1644)

Chinese writer of the Ming Dynasty

Dutch painter (1594-1644)

Ottoman military officer and statesman

bukhara Khanate ruler from 1611 to 1642

Chinese courtesan, painter, poet, and composer (1548-1604)

Swedish admiral (1592–1644)

English traveller, colonist, poet, translator

Dutch painter (1589-1644)

religious leader and emigrant to Plymouth Colony, North America (1566-1644)

British astronomer

Count Palatine of Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein (1587-1644)

Basque priest and writer

daimyo

Portuguese scholar, writer, and playwright

Finnish general

17th-century Taish of the Torghut-Oirat tribe

Florentine painter (1585-1644)

German count (1592-1644)

Polish-Dutch theologian (1588-1644)

Dutch Anglican divine

English astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker

Portuguese philosopher

Scottish painter (1587-1644)

Welsh Anglican priest and scholar

empress consort of Chongzhen of Ming dynasty in China

Italian architect

Chinese painter

Flemish painter (1582-1644)

Dutch noble

French countess

Polish-Lithuanian politician

Spanish historian

Dutch Golden Age painter (1611-1644)

bishop of Aversa

Italian cardinal

Portuguese composer, religious and writer

English botanist and Royalist soldier of the English Civil War

Czech writer

Imam of Yemen

Ming Dynasty empress; CBDB ID=130453

Danish admiral

Italian writer

Japanese artist (1614-1644)