{{Year nav topic5, 1645, music The year 1645 in music involved some significant events.

Events

* Juan Hidalgo de Polanco becomes leader of the chamber musicians at Spain's royal court.

Publications

Giovanni Battista Abatessa Giovanni Battista Abatessa (? – after 1651) was an Italian composer and Baroque guitarist, likely born in Bitonto (near Bari) in the Kingdom of Naples. His compositional output consists of four books of pieces for five-course Baroque guitar. Wh ...

– ''Intessatura di varii fiori...'', a collection of guitar music, published in Naples

Classical music

* Girolamo Frescobaldi – ''Canzoni alla francese'', a posthumous print * Cornelis Thymanszoon Padbrué - '' 't Lof Jubals'', Op. 4, a collection of madrigals and motets

Opera

* Giovanni Faustini – '' Doriclea''

Births

* February 9 – Johann Aegidus Bach, organist and conductor (died

1716 Events January–March * January 16 – The application of the Nueva Planta decrees to Catalonia make it subject to the laws of the Crown of Castile, and abolishes the Principality of Catalonia as a political entity, concluding ...

) * February 22 (twins) ** Johann Ambrosius Bach, musician (died

1695 It was also a particularly cold and wet year. Contemporary records claim that wine froze in the glasses in the Palace of Versailles. Events January–March * January 7 (December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarch ...

) ** Johann Christoph Bach, musician (died

1693 Events January–March * January 11 – 1693 Sicily earthquake: Mount Etna erupts, causing a devastating earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta. * January 22 – A total lunar eclipse is visible across North and South Ameri ...

) * November 30 – Andreas Werckmeister, organist and composer (died

1706 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Monday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 26 – War of Spanish Succession: Bavarian uprising of 1705 ...

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Deaths

* April 16 – Tobias Hume, soldier, viol player and composer (born c.1569) * September 24 – William Lawes, English composer (born

1602 Events January–June * January 3 – Battle of Kinsale: The English defeat Irish rebels and their Spanish allies. (The battle happens on this date according to the Gregorian calendar used by the Irish and Spanish but on Thursday, 24 Dec ...

) *''date unknown'' – William Smith, composer (born

1603 Events January–June * February 25 – Dutch–Portuguese War: the Portuguese ship '' Santa Catarina'' is seized by Dutch East India Company ships off Singapore. The first permanent Dutch trading post in Indonesia is established ...

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