1644 in literature
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See also: 1643 in literature, other events of 1644, 1645 in literature, list of years in literature.
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[edit] Events
- The second Globe Theatre is demolished by the Puritan government to make room for new housing.
[edit] New books
- Principia Philosophiae - René Descartes
- Cogitata physico-mathematica - Marin Mersenne
- Opera geometrica - Evangelista Torricelli
[edit] Births
- August 6 - Louise de la Vallière, mistress of King Louis XIV of France, later the subject of a novel by Alexandre Dumas, père (died 1710).
- October 2 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, memoirist (died 1724)
[edit] Deaths
- January - William Chillingworth, controversial religious writer (born 1602)
- September 7 - Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio, historian (born 1579)
- September 8 - Francis Quarles, poet (born 1592)
- November 10 - Luís Vélez de Guevara, dramatist and novelist (born 1579)
