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1545
Calendar year
Year 1545 (MDXLV ) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .
Events
January–June
July–December
Undated
Births
January 1 – Magnus Heinason , Faroese naval hero (d. 1589 )
January 11 – Guidobaldo del Monte , Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher (d. 1607 )
March – Gaspare Tagliacozzi , Italian surgeon and anatomist (d. 1599 )
March 2 – Thomas Bodley , English diplomat and scholar, founder of the Bodleian Library, Oxford (d. 1613 )
March 18 – Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn , German bishop (d. 1617 )
March 25 – John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg , Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg (d. 1622 )
April 1 – Peder Claussøn Friis , Norwegian clergyman and author (d. 1614 )
April 2 – Elisabeth of Valois , queen of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568 )
April 15 – Karl II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels , Duke of Oels (1565-1617), Duke of Bernstadt (1604-1617) (d. 1617 )
April 24 – Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton , English earl (d. 1581 )
April 28 – Yi Sun-sin , Korean naval commander (d. 1598 )
May 1 – Franciscus Junius , French theologian (d. 1602 )
May 22 – Karl Christoph, Duke of Münsterberg (d. 1569 )
June 6 – Jerome Gratian , Spanish Carmelite and writer (d. 1614 )
June 13 – Nait? Nobunari , Japanese samurai and daimy? of Omi Province (d. 1612 )
June 19 – Princess Anna Maria of Sweden , Swedish royal (d. 1610 )
July 8 – Don Carlos of Spain , son of Philip II of Spain (d. 1568 )
August 1 – Andrew Melville , Scottish theologian and religious reformer (d. 1622 )
August 27 – Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (d. 1592 )
September 7 – Eitel Friedrich IV, Count of Hohenzollern , First Count of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (d. 1605 )
September 20 – Yamanaka Yukimori , Japanese samurai (d. 1578 )
October 15 – Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst , Abbess of Gernrode and Frose, later Countess of Barby-Mühlingen (d. 1574 )
October 19 – John Juvenal Ancina , Italian oratorian and bishop (d. 1604 )
November 20 – Ernst Ludwig, Duke of Pomerania (d. 1592 )
November 25 – Ana de Jesús , Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and spiritual writer (d. 1621 )
December 6 – Janus Dousa , Dutch historian and noble (d. 1604 )
December 7 – Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley , consort of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567 )
date unknown
probable – Nicholas Breton , English poet and novelist (d. 1626 )Deaths
January 16 – George Spalatin , German reformer (b. 1484 )
February 12 or April 2 – Stanis?aw Odrow , Polish noble (b. 1509 )
April 3 – Antonio de Guevara , Spanish chronicler and moralist (b. 1481 )
April 10 – Costanzo Festa , Italian composer (b. 1495 )
April 22 – Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1496 )
April 25 – Jobst II, Count of Hoya (b. 1493 )
May – Agnes Howard, Duchess of Norfolk , English noblewoman (b. c. 1477 )
May 22 – Sher Shah Suri , Indian ruler (b. 1486 )
June 4 – John Louis, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1472-1545) (b. 1472 )
June 12 – Francis I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1517 )
June 15 – Elizabeth of Austria , Polish noble (b. 1526 )
July 7 – Pernette Du Guillet , French poet (b. c. 1520 )
July 12 – Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal (b. 1527 )
August 8 – Injong of Joseon , 12th king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea (b. 1515 )
August 22 – Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English politician and husband of Mary Tudor (b. c. 1484 )
August 27 – Piotr Gamrat , Polish Catholic archbishop (b. 1487 )
September
September 1 – Francis de Bourbon, Count of St. Pol , French noble (b. 1491 )
September 9 – Charles II de Valois, Duke of Orléans , (b. 1522 )
September 24 – Albert of Mainz , elector and archbishop of Mainz (b. 1490 )
October 18 – John Taverner , English composer (b. c. 1490 )
date unknown
References
^ a b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History . London: Century Ltd. pp. 147-150. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2 .
^ Penguin Pocket On This Day . Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0 .