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1445| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1445 | Florence [births and deaths] | Sandro Botticelli (original name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), Florentine painter of the early Renaissance, whose major works include The Birth of Venus (c. 1485) and Primavera/Spring (1477–78), born in Florence (–1510). | | c. 1445 | France [painting] | The French artist Jean Fouquet paints Portrait of Charles VII of France. | | 1445 | Africa, Ethiopia [administration] | The sultan of Adal (in present-day Somalia), Ahmed Badly Walasma, is killed by King Zara Ya'qub of Ethiopia. This turns the tide against the Islamic alliance that is threatening Christian Ethiopia. |
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