In the year 1645, fearing the spread of the Black Death, Edinburgh Town Council prohibits all gatherings except weddings and funerals (Mar 31), Oliver Cromwell is confirmed as the Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry during the ongoing English Civil War (Jun 10), Jeanne Mance founds the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first hospital in North America (Oct 8), the English Civil War (1642–1651) goes on, wallpaper begins to replace tapestries - and all these fine people were born:
1645-xxxx Simo Antinpoika Mylläri** father of Jaakko Simonpoika Mylläri - possibly Savo, Sweden-Finland (1742/92-101)
1645-0122 Isaac Addington* functionary of colonial governments - Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America (1719/74)
1645-0128 Gottfried Vopelius* Lutheran academic/hymn-writer - Herwigsdorf, Saxony (1715/70)
1645-0209 Johann Aegidius Bach* organist/violist/ municipal orchestra director/Johann Sebastian Bach’s 1st cousin once removed - Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire (1716/71)
1645-0222 Johann Ambrosius Bach* musician/father to Johann Sebastian Bach - Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire (1695/50)
1645-0222 Johann Christoph Bach* court and town musician in Arnstadt/ twin brother of Johann Ambrosius Bach - Erfurt, Holy Roman Empire (1693/48)
1645-0317 Peter Du Cane, the elder* descendant of a noble Huguenot family/Alderman of the City of London - England (1714/69)
1645-0325 Marco Battaglini* Italian Catholic bishop/historian of the church councils - Rimini, Emilia Romagna (1717/71)
1645-0417 James Olmsted* early settler of Norwalk, Connecticut/town clerk and judge - Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British America (1731/86)
1645-0422 Christine of Baden-Durlach* German noblewoman - Margraviate of Baden Durlah, Holy Roman Empire (1705/60)
1645-0503 Thomas Maule* tailor/merchant/ prominent Quaker in Salem, MA – Berkswell Parish, Warwickshire, England (1724/79)
1645-0515 François de Callières* diplomat/writer - Torigni-sur-Vire, Kingdom of France (1717/71)
1645-0614 Haquin Spegel* (b Håkan Spegel) religious author/hymn writer /court chaplain - Ronneby, Blekinge, Denmark-Norway (1714/68)
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1645-0711 Michael Wening* engraver - Nuremberg, Electorate of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire (1718/72)
1645-0727 Frederik Johan van Baer* Dutch officer in the military service of William III of Orange - Dutch Republic (1713/68)
1645-0803 Charles Louis Simonneau (B) engraver - Orleans, Kingdom of France (1728/82)
1645-0803 August Kühnel* composer/musician – Delmenhorst (1700/c.55)
1645-0806 Joseph Herrick* soldier/the principal law enforcement officer during the Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692 - British America (c.1710/c.65)
1645-0810 Eusebio Kino* Jesuit missionary/geographer/astronomer - Segno, Bishopric of Trent, Holy Roman Empire (1711/65)
1645-0816 Jean de La Bruyére* philosopher/ moralist - Paris, Kingdom of France (1696/50)
1645-0830 Giuseppe Avanzi* Italian painter - Ferrara, Papal States (1718/72)
1645-0904 Johannes Jakob Buxtorf* Professor of Hebrew at Basel - Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy (1705/59)
1645-0914 Jeremiah Dummer* the first American-born silversmith/portrait painter/engraver - Newbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British America (1718/72)
1645-0921 Louis Jolliet* explorer known for his discoveries in North America - near Quebec City, New France (1700/c.55)
1645-1001 John Alford* politician/MP - England (1691/45)
1645-1026 Aert de Gelder* painter/one of the most talented of Rembrandt’s pupils - Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (1727/81)
1645-1111 Govert van der Leeuw* Dutch landscape painter - Dordrecht, Dutch Republic (1688/42)
1645-1130 Andreas Werckmeister* German organist/music theorist/ composer - Benneckenstein, Saxony (1706/60)
1645-1206 Maria de Dominici* Maltese painter/sculptor/Carmelite nun - Vittioriosa, Hospitaller Malta (1703/57)
1645-1227 Giovanni Antonio Viscardi* Swiss architect/active in Bavaria - San Vittore, Grisons, Old Swiss Confederacy (1713/67)
Updated 1.4.2023-1
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