Year 1445 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1445 Senegal and Cape Verde are discovered by Dinas Diaz. Battle of Gomit: Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal. Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (d. 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (d. 1510) date unknown - Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (d. 1497) probable - Nicolas Chuque… (More on 1445)