Editing 1644 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 22]] &ndash; The Royalist [[Oxford Parliament (1644)|Oxford Parliament]] is first assembled by King [[Charles I of England]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Braddick | first = Michael J. | title = The Oxford handbook of the English revolution | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford, UK; New York | year = 2015 | isbn = 9780199695898 | page=103| language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[First English Civil War]]: [[Battle of Nantwich]] &ndash; The [[Roundhead|Parliamentarians]] defeat the [[Cavalier|Royalists]], allowing them to end the 6-week siege of the [[Cheshire]] town.<ref>{{cite book | last = Coward | first = Barry | title = The Stuart age: England, 1603-1714 | publisher = Longman | location = London New York | year = 1994 | isbn = 9780582067226 | page=223 | language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 30]] 
**Dutch explorer [[Abel Tasman]] departs from [[Jakarta|Batavia]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (modern-day Jakarta in Indonesia) on his second major expedition for the [[Dutch East India Company]], to map the north coast of [[Australia]]. Tasman commands three ships, ''Limmen'', ''Zeemeeuw'' and ''Braek'', and returns to Batavia at the beginning of August with no major discoveries.
**[[Battle of Ochmatów (1644)|Battle of Ochmatów]]: [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] forces under [[hetman]] [[Stanisław Koniecpolski]] secure a substantial victory over the [[horde (organization)|horde]] of [[Crimean Tatars]] under [[Tugay Bey]].
* [[February 5]] &ndash; The first [[livestock branding]] law in America is passed in Connecticut.<ref name="Hisdates1644">{{cite web|url=http://www.hisdates.com/years/1644-historical-events.html|title=What Happened In 1644|publisher=hisdates.com|access-date=2016-03-03}}</ref>
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Roger Williams]] is granted an official grant for his [[Rhode Island Colony]] from the Parliament of England, allowing the establishment of a general assembly.