| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1445 MCDXLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2198 |
| Armenian calendar | 894 ԹՎ ՊՂԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6195 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1366–1367 |
| Bengali calendar | 852 |
| Berber calendar | 2395 |
| English Regnal year | 23 Hen. 6 – 24 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1989 |
| Burmese calendar | 807 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6953–6954 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4141 or 4081 — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4142 or 4082 |
| Coptic calendar | 1161–1162 |
| Discordian calendar | 2611 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1437–1438 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5205–5206 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1501–1502 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1366–1367 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4545–4546 |
| Holocene calendar | 11445 |
| Igbo calendar | 445–446 |
| Iranian calendar | 823–824 |
| Islamic calendar | 848–849 |
| Japanese calendar | Bun'an 2 (文安２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1360–1361 |
| Julian calendar | 1445 MCDXLV |
| Korean calendar | 3778 |
| Minguo calendar | 467 before ROC 民前467年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −23 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1987–1988 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1571 or 1190 or 418 — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1572 or 1191 or 419 |
Year 1445 (MCDXLV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- October 10 – Battle of Mokra: The Albanian forces under Skanderbeg defeat the Ottoman forces (Pope Eugene IV raises a hymn of praise, that Christendom has been provided with a new defender, after he hears of the battle).
Date unknown
- The Portuguese set up their first trading post (Feitoria) in Africa, on the island of Arguin.
- Portuguese explorer Dinis Dias discovers the Cap-Vert, on the western coast of Africa.
- Battle of Gomit: Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay, of Adal.
- Vlad II Dracul, aided by a crusaders' fleet from Burgundy, attacks Giurgiu, and massacres the Ottoman garrison after their surrender.
- Stephen II remains sole ruler of Moldavia.
Births
- March 16 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born priest (d. 1510)
- April 4 – Wiguleus Fröschl of Marzoll, Bishop of Passau (1500–1517) (d. 1517)
- October 25 – Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin, English baron (d. 1479)
- October 31 – Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. 1511)
- December 11 – Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1496)
- date unknown – Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (d. 1497)
- probable – Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician
- approximate – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510)
Deaths
- January 19 – Antonio Correr, Spanish cardinal (b. 1359)
- February 19 – Leonor of Aragon, queen of Portugal (b. 1402)
- April 7 – Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria, German noble (b. 1403)
- May 15 – Johanna van Polanen, Dutch noblewoman (b. 1392)
- June 5 – Leonel Power, English composer
- July 15 – Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
- August 2 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1377)
- date unknown – Olug Moxammat of Kazan, Khan of Kazan