1545

1545 (MDXLV) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1545th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 545th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 16th century, and the 6th year of the 1540s decade. As of the start of 1545, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	15th century – 16th century – 17th century
Decades:	1510s  1520s  1530s  – 1540s –  1550s  1560s  1570s
Years:	1542 1543 1544 – 1545 – 1546 1547 1548

1545 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1545 MDXLV
Ab urbe condita	2298
Armenian calendar	994 ԹՎ ՋՂԴ
Assyrian calendar	6295
Balinese saka calendar	1466–1467
Bengali calendar	952
Berber calendar	2495
English Regnal year	36 Hen. 8 – 37 Hen. 8
Buddhist calendar	2089
Burmese calendar	907
Byzantine calendar	7053–7054
Chinese calendar	甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4241 or 4181     — to — 乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4242 or 4182
Coptic calendar	1261–1262
Discordian calendar	2711
Ethiopian calendar	1537–1538
Hebrew calendar	5305–5306
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1601–1602
- Shaka Samvat	1466–1467
- Kali Yuga	4645–4646
Holocene calendar	11545
Igbo calendar	545–546
Iranian calendar	923–924
Islamic calendar	951–952
Japanese calendar	Tenbun 14 (天文１４年)
Javanese calendar	1463–1464
Julian calendar	1545 MDXLV
Korean calendar	3878
Minguo calendar	367 before ROC 民前367年
Nanakshahi calendar	77
Thai solar calendar	2087–2088
Tibetan calendar	阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1671 or 1290 or 518     — to — 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1672 or 1291 or 519

Births

• Lady Mary Grey (d. 20 April 1578), sister of Lady Jane Grey
• 8 July – Carlos, Prince of Asturias (d. 24 July 1568), son of King Philip II of Spain

Deaths

• 18 October – John Taverner (b. about 1490), English composer and organist