1445

Years: 1442 1443 1444 - 1445 - 1446 1447 1448

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• 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)
• Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497)
• Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician

Deaths

• June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer
• June 11 - Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (born 1424)
• August 8 - Oswald von Wolkenstein, Austrian composer (born 1377)
• Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scotland
• Olug Moxammat, Khan of Kazan