1745

1745 (MDCCXLV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1745th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 745th year of the 2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1745, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1710s  1720s  1730s  – 1740s –  1750s  1760s  1770s
Years:	1742 1743 1744 – 1745 – 1746 1747 1748

1745 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1745 MDCCXLV
Ab urbe condita	2498
Armenian calendar	1194 ԹՎ ՌՃՂԴ
Assyrian calendar	6495
Balinese saka calendar	1666–1667
Bengali calendar	1152
Berber calendar	2695
British Regnal year	18 Geo. 2 – 19 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2289
Burmese calendar	1107
Byzantine calendar	7253–7254
Chinese calendar	甲子年 (Wood Rat) 4441 or 4381     — to — 乙丑年 (Wood Ox) 4442 or 4382
Coptic calendar	1461–1462
Discordian calendar	2911
Ethiopian calendar	1737–1738
Hebrew calendar	5505–5506
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1801–1802
- Shaka Samvat	1666–1667
- Kali Yuga	4845–4846
Holocene calendar	11745
Igbo calendar	745–746
Iranian calendar	1123–1124
Islamic calendar	1157–1158
Japanese calendar	Enkyō 2 (延享２年)
Javanese calendar	1669–1670
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4078
Minguo calendar	167 before ROC 民前167年
Nanakshahi calendar	277
Thai solar calendar	2287–2288
Tibetan calendar	阳木鼠年 (male Wood-Rat) 1871 or 1490 or 718     — to — 阴木牛年 (female Wood-Ox) 1872 or 1491 or 719

Events

• June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys the Austrian army at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg.
• August 21 – Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia in Saint Petersburg.
• September 12 – Francis I is elected Holy Roman Emperor.

Births

for more information, see Category:1745 births.

• January 4 – Benjamin Rush

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1745 deaths.