Important Historical Events of the year 1645, Year 1645 in History

List of 1645 Major News Events in History, Most Important Historical Events in 1645

What happened in the year 1645?

Date Event
January 10, 1645 Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
February 2, 1645 Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy.
May 20, 1645 Yangzhou massacre: The ten day massacre of 800,000 residents of the city of Yangzhou, part of the Transition from Ming to Qing.
June 14, 1645 English Civil War: Battle of Naseby: Twelve thousand Royalist forces are beaten by fifteen thousand Parliamentarian soldiers.
July 2, 1645 Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
July 10, 1645 English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
July 21, 1645 Qing dynasty regent Dorgon issues an edict ordering all Han Chinese men to shave their forehead and braid the rest of their hair into a queue identical to those of the Manchus.
July 30, 1645 English Civil War: Scottish Covenanter forces under the Earl of Leven launch the Siege of Hereford, a remaining Royalist stronghold.
August 3, 1645 Thirty Years' War: The Second Battle of Nördlingen sees French forces defeating those of the Holy Roman Empire.
August 13, 1645 Sweden and Denmark sign Peace of Brömsebro.
September 1, 1645 English Civil War. Scottish Covenanter forces abandon their month-long Siege of Hereford, a Cavalier stronghold, on news of Royalist victories in Scotland.
September 13, 1645 Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.
September 24, 1645 The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
October 8, 1645 Jeanne Mance opens the first lay hospital of North America in Montreal.