1545 Calendar Year - Print Calendar

Historical Events for the Year 1545

• 15th March » First meeting of the Council of Trent.
• 1st April » Potosí is founded after the discovery of major silver deposits in the area.
• 19th July » The Tudor period called Tudor warship 'Mary Rose' sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology.
• 21st July » The first landing of France known as French troops on the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion of the Isle of Wight.
• 13th December » The Council of Trent begins.

Famous Birthdays in 1545

• 24th February » John of Austria (d. 1578)
• 2nd March » Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (d. 1613)
• 2nd April » Elisabeth of Valois (d. 1568)
• 28th April » Yi Sun-sin, Korean commander (d. 1598)
• 8th July » Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 1568)
• 1st August » Andrew Melville, Scottish theologian and scholar (d. 1622)
• 7th December » Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, English-Scottish husband of Mary, Queen of Scots (d. 1567)

Famous Deaths in History for 1545

• 16th January » George Spalatin, German reformer (b. 1484)
• 10th April » Costanzo Festa, Italian composer (b. 1485)
• 19th June » Abraomas Kulvietis, Lithuanian jurist (b. 1509)
• 27th August » Piotr Gamrat, Polish archbishop (b. 1487)
• 24th September » Albert of Mainz, German cardinal (b. 1490)
• 18th October » John Taverner, English organist and composer (b. 1490)

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