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Year '1445' was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1445

Births

Deaths

Events of 1445

★ Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz

★ Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal in the Battle of Gomit.

Births

★ March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510)

★ March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510)

★ ''date unknown'' - Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497)

★ ''probable'' - Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician

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)

★ ''date unknown'' - Olug Moxammat of Kazan, Khan of Kazan