1645 deaths

Dutch jurist and scholar (1583-1645)

Japanese swordsman, philosopher, strategist, writer, artist, and rōnin (1584–1645)

Spanish writer (1580-1645)

Tsar of Russia (1613–1645)

Padshah Begum of the Mughal Empire (1577-1645)

Archbishop of Canterbury (1573-1645)

Chinese rebel leader in the late Ming-early Qing period (1606–1645)

French writer

Chinese writer and poet

Spanish royal favourite of Philip IV and minister (1587-1645)

Dutch colonial governor (1593–1645)

English poet

Tsarina consort of Russia

Sultan of Mataram (1593-1645)

English composer and musician

Italian architect and engineer (1571-1645)

English Venerated Catholic (1585-1645)

Mariana de Jesus

Japanese Buddhist priest

British nobleman and politician (1587–1645)

Spanish cardinal, ecclesiastic and politician (1580-1645)

Spanish Dominican lay brother

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Landsberg

German general

Scottish composer, gambist and soldier

Italian poet (1566-1645)

Hungarian noble (1583-1645)

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

Swedish politician (1577-1645)

Count of Waldeck-Wildungen

Count of Waldeck-Eisenberg

Roman Catholic cardinal

Austrian nobleman and Imperial General

Ming Dynasty general

Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey (1587-1645)

Korean crown prince (1612-1645)

Polish noble (1588-1645)

Catholic cardinal (1558-1645)

English woman accused of witchcraft (c.1565-1645)

Catholic cardinal

Dakodonou, Dakodonu, Dako Donu or Dako Danzo was an early king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, ruling from around 1620 until 1645. Oral tradition recounts that Dakodonu was the son (or grandson) of Do-Aklin, the founder of the royal dynasty of Dahomey, and the father to Houegbadja, often considered the founder of the Kingdom of Dahomey. In addition, it is said that Dakodonu killed a local chieftain and founded the capital city upon the site. However, some recent historical analysis contends that Dakodonu was added into the royal line in the 18th century to legitimize the rulin

Spanish artist (1580-1645)

Dutch painter

17th-century Catholic martyrs

painter (1597-1645)

Catholic martyr from England

Czech nobleman, Count of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein-Weikersdorf, Bohemian nobleman, officer and occasional poet

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1590-1645)

Italian painter (1598-1645)

Italian painter (1590-1645)

English politician (1575-1645)

Belarusian printer

British explorer

Spanish erudite and writer

Italian writer and poet

Spanish navigator (d. 1545) credited with the sighting and naming of the Volcano Islands, sometimes credited with naming the Philippines, and sometimes miscredited with discovery of the Bonins

Brazilian Roman Catholic saint

English politician (1568-1645)

Bosnian Malamati Sufi and poet

Historian and historiographer to the Court of France