1645
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 16th century – 17th century – 18th century |
| Decades: | 1610s 1620s 1630s – 1640s – 1650s 1660s 1670s |
| Years: | 1642 1643 1644 – 1645 – 1646 1647 1648 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1645 MDCXLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2398 |
| Armenian calendar | 1094 ԹՎ ՌՂԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6395 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1566–1567 |
| Bengali calendar | 1052 |
| Berber calendar | 2595 |
| English Regnal year | 20 Cha. 1 – 21 Cha. 1 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2189 |
| Burmese calendar | 1007 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7153–7154 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4341 or 4281 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4342 or 4282 |
| Coptic calendar | 1361–1362 |
| Discordian calendar | 2811 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1637–1638 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5405–5406 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1701–1702 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1566–1567 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4745–4746 |
| Holocene calendar | 11645 |
| Igbo calendar | 645–646 |
| Iranian calendar | 1023–1024 |
| Islamic calendar | 1054–1055 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōhō 2 (正保２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1566–1567 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 10 days |
| Korean calendar | 3978 |
| Minguo calendar | 267 before ROC 民前267年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 177 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2187–2188 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳木猴年 (male Wood-Monkey) 1771 or 1390 or 618 — to — 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1772 or 1391 or 619 |
1645 (MDCXLV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1645th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 645th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 17th century, and the 6th year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1645, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events[change | change source]
- January 10 – Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud executed for treason on Tower Hill, London.
- January 14 – English Civil War: Fairfax appointed Commander-in-Chief.
- January 29 – English Civil War: Armistice talks opened at Uxbridge.
- February 2 – Covenanters defeated by Montrose at the Battle of Inverlochy
- February 15 – English Civil War: New Model Army is founded officially
- February 29 – English Civil War: Uxbridge armistice talks failed.
- March 4 – English Civil War: Prince Rupert left Oxford for Bristol.
- March 31 – Fearing the spread of the plague, Edinburgh Town Council bans all gatherings except weddings and funerals
- April 3 – Lords pass Self-Denying Ordinance.
- April 10 – Because of the plague, Edinburgh town council orders that the college graduation ceremony should be brought forward so that students can leave the city (in November 19, teaching continues in Linlithgow)
- April 23 – English Civil War: 150 Irish soldiers bound for service with King Charles, were captured at sea by parliamentarians who celebrated St George's Day by joyfully killing them all at Pembroke.
- May 9 – Covenanters defeated by Montrose at the Battle of Auldearn.
- June 1 – English Civil War: Prince Rupert' army took sacked Leicester
- June 10 – English Civil War: Cromwell confirmed as Lieutenant-General of Cavalry.
- June 14 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers
- June 28 – English Civil War – the Royalists lose Carlisle.
- July 2: Fight at Alford, Aberdeenshire.
- July 10 – English Civil War: Cromwell won the Battle of Langport, Somerset.
- July 23 – Alexei Mikhailovich, Tsar of Russia came to the throne.
- September 10 – English Civil War: Prince Rupert surrendered Bristol.
- September 13 – Covenanters defeated Montrose at the Battle of Philiphaugh, Selkirk.
- September 24 – English Civil War: Parliamentarians defeated Royalist cavalry at the Battle of Rowton Heath.
- October 8 – English Civil War: Final crushing of Basing house begun.
- October 8: Jeanne Mance founds the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first hospital in North America.
- October 11 – English Civil War The re-fortification of Bourne, Lincolnshire castle against threatened Royalist attack, was begun.
- Siege of Raglan Castle during the English Civil War
- The Long Parliament outlaws the 1559 version of the Book of Common Prayer
- Beginning of the Maunder Minimum, a time period when sunspots became exceedingly rare
- Founding of the Stolberg-Wernigerode branch of the family of counts of Stolberg and Wernigerode in Germany
- Wallpaper begins to replace tapestries as a wall decoration
- Mechanical calculating machine invented by Blaise Pascal.