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Historical Events in September 1644

  • Sep 2 Robert Devereux's Parliamentarian infantry surrenders to Royalist forces in Battle of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, during English Civil War

Conquest of Sas of Gen

Sep 5 Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange conquers Sas van Gent and absorbs it into the Dutch Republic

Pope Innocent X

Sep 15 Giambattista Pamfili replaces Pope Urban VIII as Innocent X

  • Sep 17 French troops occupy Mainz
  • Sep 28 Knights of Malta attack Ottoman convoy of ships that include Chief Black Eunuch and pilgrims for Mecca, killing or selling all into slavery, brings about the Cretan War a year later