1445

January–December

• October 10 - Battle of Mokra: The Albanian forces under Skanderbeg defeat the Ottoman forces.

  Date unknown

• The Portuguese set up their first trading post in Africa, on the island of Arguin.
• Portuguese explorer Dinis Dias discovers the Cap-Vert, on the western coast of Africa.
• Battle of Gomit: Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay, of Adal.
• Vlad II Dracul, aided by a crusaders' fleet from Burgundy, attacks Giurgiu, and massacres the Ottoman garrison after their surrender.
• Stephen II remains sole ruler of Moldavia.