10th January » Archbishop William Laud is beheaded at the Tower of London.
14th June » English Civil War: Battle of Naseby 12,000 Roundhead e.g Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Long Parliament named Parliamentarian soldiers.
10th July » English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
21st July » Qing Dynasty regent Dorgon issues an Queue (hairstyle) Queue Order called edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
24th September » Battle of Rowton Heath, Roundhead Parliamentarian victory over a Cavalier Royalist army commanded in person by Charles I of England King Charles
8th October » Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
Famous Birthdays in 1645
9th February » Johann Aegidius Bach, German viola player (d. 1716)
22nd February » Johann Ambrosius Bach, German violinist and composer (d. 1695)
22nd February » Johann Christoph Bach (1645–93) called Johann Christoph Bach, German pianist and composer (d. 1693)
22nd May » Charles Louis Simonneau, French engraver (d. 1728)
10th August » Eusebio Kino, Italian priest and missionary (d. 1711)
16th August » Jean de La Bruyère, French philosopher (d. 1696)
21st September » Louis Jolliet, Canadian explorer (d. 1700)
30th November » Andreas Werckmeister, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1706)
Famous Deaths in History for 1645
10th January » William Laud, English archbishop (b. 1573)
10th February » Dorothea Sophia, Abbess of Quedlinburg (b. 1587)
16th February » Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba (1585–1645) called Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general and politician, 24th Governor of the Duchy of Milan (b. 1585)
16th April » Tobias Hume, Scottish soldier, viol player, and composer (b. 1569)
20th May » Shi Kefa, Chinese general and calligrapher （b. 1601）
13th June » Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese samurai (b. 1584)