1445

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

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).
 * April - Henry VI of England marries Margaret of Anjou.

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, Venetian 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