What is 1644?
{{Year nav|1644}} {{Year in various calendars|1644}} {{Year article header|1644}} == Events == * February to August – Explorer [[Abel Tasman]]'s second expedition for the [[Dutch East India Company]] maps the north coast of [[Australia]]. * April – A popular [[China|Chinese]] Uprising led by [[Li Zicheng]] enter and conquer [[Beijing]], prompting [[Chongzhen Emperor of China|Chongzhen]], the last emperor of the [[Ming Dynasty]], to commit suicide. * [[June 6]] – The invading [[Manchu]] army, with the help of [[Ming Dynasty|Ming]] general [[Wu Sangui]], captures [[Beijing]], China. This marks the beginning of the [[Qing Dynasty]] (also known as the Manchu Dynasty), the last [[Dynasties in Chinese history|imperial dynasty of China]]. * [[July 2]] – [[Battle of Marston Moor]], a crushing victory for the [[Roundhead|Parliamentary]] side of the [[English Civil War]], ends [[Charles I of England|Charles I]]'s hold on the north of [[England]]. * [[September 1]] – [[Battle of Tippermuir]], [[James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose|Montrose]] defeats [[Earl of Wemyss|Elcho]]'s [[Covenanters]], reviving Royalist cause in [[Scotland]] * [[September 2]] – Second [[Battle of Lostwithiel]], the last major victory for Charles I and the [[Cavaliers|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 – [[Black Death|Plague]] breaks out in [[Edinburgh]]. [[Category:1644| ]]