Major Events
- Mar 24 German Parliament opens in Worms
- Apr 12 French King Francis I orders the Waldensian Protestants of the village of Mérindol to be punished, setting off a massacre
- Jul 19 King Henry VIII's flagship Mary Rose sinks at Portsmouth; 73 die
- Jul 21 The first landing of French troops onto the coast of the Isle of Wight during the French invasion
- Aug 26 Pope Paul III names his son Pierluigi Farnese as Duke of Parma
- Sep 8 English Earl of Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland
- Dec 13 Council of Trent (19th ecumenical council) opened by Pope Paul III
Born in 1545
- Jan 17 Antonio Pace, Italian madrigal composer and music publisher, born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (d. 1581)
- Mar 2 Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar (founder of the Bodleian Library), born in Exeter, England (d. 1612)
- Apr 13 Elisabeth of Valois, daughter of King Henry II of France and 3rd wife of Philip II of Spain, born in Fontainbleau, France (d. 1568)
- Apr 28 Yi Sun-sin, Korean Naval Commander, born in Hanseong, South Korea (d. 1598)
- May 1 Franciscus Junius, French-Dutch calvinist theologist and vicar, born in Bourges, France (d. 1602)
More People Born in 1545
Who Died in 1545
- Jan 16 George Spalatin, German humanist, reformer and important figure in the Reformation, dies at 60
- Feb 19 Pierre Brully [Peter Brulius], Calvinist minister, burned to death for teaching Protestant doctrine in Tournai
- Apr 10 Costanzo Festa, Italian composer
- Jun 19 Abraomas Kulvietis Lithuanian reformer (b. 1509)
- Jul 12 Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish King Philip II, dies
More 1545 Deaths
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Charles V
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