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1445 in poetry |
| 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).[1]
Date unknown
- The 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
- 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)[2]
Deaths
- January 19 – Antonio Correr, Venetian cardinal (b. 1359)[3]
- 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
- Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland[4]
- August 2 – Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (b. 1377)
- date unknown – Olug Moxammat of Kazan, Khan of Kazan
References
- ISBN 978-0-89356-419-3.
- ^ Adolfo Venturi (1927). Botticelli. A. Zwemmer. p. 101.
- ISBN 978-0-521-24214-1.
- ISBN 978-0-85976-078-2.