1445

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1442 1443 1444 – 1445 – 1446 1447 1448

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1445 (MCDXLV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1445th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 445th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 15th century, and the 6th year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1445, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events of 1445

• Dinas Diaz discovers Senegal and Cape Verde.
• Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal in the Battle of Gomit.

1445 Media

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  April 23: King Henry VI of England marries Margaret of Anjou.

Births

• March 1 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) (born 1444 or 1445)
• March 16 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss preacher (died 1510)
• Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497)
• Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician (probable)

Deaths

• February 19 – Leonor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
• June 5 – Leonel Power, English composer
• June 11 – Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (born 1424)
• July 15 – Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
• August 8 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (born 1377)
• Olug Moxammat, Khan of Kazan