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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1445''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDXLV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[April]] &ndash; [[Henry VI of England]] marries [[Margaret of Anjou]].[https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2023/03/the-brides-journey.html#:~:text=Her%20marriage%20to%20Henry%20VI,her%20future%20husband%20was%2023.]
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mokra (1445)|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).<ref>{{cite book|author=Wendy Sacket|title=Chronology of European History, 15,000 B.C. to 1997: 15,000 B.C. to 1469|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EScOAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-0-89356-419-3|page=442}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portuguese]] set up their first trading post ([[Feitoria#Portuguese Feitorias .28c.1445.29|''Feitoria'']]) in Africa, on the island of [[Arguin]].
* [[Portuguese people|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 [[Badlay ibn Sa'ad ad-Din|Arwe Badlay]], of [[Adal Sultanate|Adal]].
* [[Vlad II Dracul]], aided by a crusaders' fleet from [[Burgundy]], attacks [[Giurgiu]], and massacres the Ottoman garrison after their surrender.
* [[Stephen II of Moldavia|Stephen II]] remains sole ruler of [[Moldavia]].
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== Births ==
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg]], Swiss-born priest (d. [[1510]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Wiguleus Fröschl of Marzoll]], Bishop of Passau (1500–1517) (d. [[1517]])
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin]], English baron (d. [[1479]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg]], Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg (d. [[1511]])
* [[December 11]] &ndash; [[Eberhard I, Duke of Württemberg]] (d. [[1496]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Albert Brudzewski]], Polish astronomer (d. [[1497]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Nicolas Chuquet]], French mathematician
* ''approximate'' &ndash; [[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter (d. [[1510]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Adolfo Venturi|title=Botticelli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TfJOAAAAYAAJ|year=1927|publisher=A. Zwemmer|page=101}}</ref>

== Deaths ==
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Antonio Correr (cardinal)|Antonio Correr]], Venetian cardinal (b. [[1359]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The early Italian pictures in the collection of Her Majesty the Queen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bqpRAQAAIAAJ|year=1983|isbn=978-0-521-24214-1|page=195| last1=Shearman | first1=John | publisher=Cambridge University Press }}</ref>
* [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal|Leonor of Aragon]], queen of Portugal (b. [[1402]])
* [[April 7]] &ndash; [[Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria]], German noble (b. [[1403]])
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Johanna van Polanen]], Dutch noblewoman (b. [[1392]])
* [[June 5]] &ndash; [[Leonel Power]], English composer
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Norman Macdougall|title=James III: A Political Study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VY5nAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=J. Donald|isbn=978-0-85976-078-2|pages=10–13}}</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Oswald von Wolkenstein]], Austrian composer (b. [[1377]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Olug Moxammat of Kazan]], Khan of Kazan

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