1645
Events February 15 - English Civil War: New Model Army is founded officially June 14 - English Civil War: Battle of Naseby - 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers June 28 - English Civil War - the Royalists lose Carlisle July 2: Fight at Alford, Aberdeenshire October 8: Jeanne Mance founds the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first hospital in North America. Siege of Basing House during the English Civil War Siege of Ragban Castle during the English Civil War The Long Parliament outlaws the 1559 version of the Book of Common Prayer Beginning of the Maunder Minimum, a time period when sunspots became exceedingly rare Founding of the Stolberg-Wernigerode branch of the family of counts of Stolberg and Wernigerode in Germany Battle of Lepanto Wallpaper begins to replace tapestries as a wall decoration
Ongoing eventsEnglish Civil War (1642-1649)
BirthsCaptain William Kidd, Scottish privateer and alleged pirate
DeathsJanuary 10 - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1573)May 19 - Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese swordsmanJuly 22 - Gaspar de Guzman, Count of Olivares, Duke of San LucarAugust 28 - Hugo Grotius Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel
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