1445
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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.
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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.
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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
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