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Born on Saturday December 23, 1645
- Mary Billings, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 1683)
- Berend Jans, Slochteren, Groningen, Nederland
- Mary Billings Belcher
- Adriaen Hendrickss van Ockhuijsen (Brouwer), Loenen
- Joanna Moens, Sijsele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium († 1717)
- Anna Christine Edelmann, Heilbronn, Württemberg, Germany († 1683)
- Ester Jansz, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Juan Jose Perez Pacheco, San Juan Pueblo, Rio Arriba, Nuevo Mexico († 1697)
- Jeanne Scampe, Ronse (St Pieter) († 1685)
- Petrus Antoni Joannes, Berlicum
Died on Saturday December 23, 1645
- Guilielmus Lauwers (31), Grimbergen
- Petrus TRUYMAN (45), Stekene
- Eeneke Hermans, Woltersum
- Willem Cornelisse de Keijser (69), Zierikzee, Zeeland, Nederland
- Maeyken Jans Daniels van der Grafft (60), 's-Hertogenbosch
- Eeneke Hermans, Woltersum
- Lisck Robijns Bonnema (28), Kimswerd, Wunseradiel, Friesland, Netherlands
- Dithmar Barcke (66), Alzey, Alzey-Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz, Deutschland
- Warener Jansz, Schoonorth, Nedersaksen, Duitsland
- Willem Cornelis de Keijser (69), Zierikzee, Pays-Bas
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 23, 1645 at Delpher
Born on December 23
- 1573 » Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect († 1632)
- 1582 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer († 1663)
- 1597 » Martin Opitz, German poet and composer († 1639)
- 1605 » Tianqi Emperor, Chinese emperor († 1627)
- 1613 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden († 1676)
- 1621 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge († 1678)
- 1621 » Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England († 1682)
- 1689 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer († 1755)
- 1690 » Pamheiba, Indian emperor († 1751)
- 1713 » Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 3rd Yokozuna († 1749)
Died on December 23
- 1556 » Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (b. 1504)
- 1568 » Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)
- 1575 » Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)
- 1588 » Henry I, duke of Guise (b. 1550)
- 1631 » Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
- 1638 » Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- 1646 » François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
- 1652 » John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
- 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
Names that were popular for boys in 1645
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Willem
- Joannes
- Jansz
- Gerrit
- Johannes
- Cornelisz
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- John
- Thomas
- Jean
- Van
Names that were popular for girls in 1645
- Maria
- Anna
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Marie
- Jans
- Neeltje
- Cornelia
- Trijntje
- Joanna
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Grietje
- Lijsbeth
- Anne
- Jannetje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1645
- Stadhouder Prins Frederik Hendrik (Huis van Oranje) was from 1625 till 1647 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- January 10 » Archbishop William Laud is beheaded for treason at the Tower of London.
- February 2 » Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Inverlochy.
- July 2 » Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
- July 10 » English Civil War: The Battle of Langport takes place.
- July 21 » 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.
- September 13 » Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Scottish Royalists are defeated by Covenanters at the Battle of Philiphaugh.