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| Gregorian calendar | 1345 MCCCXLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2098 |
| Armenian calendar | 794 ԹՎ ՉՂԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6095 |
| Bengali calendar | 752 |
| Berber calendar | 2295 |
| English Regnal year | 18 Edw. 3 – 19 Edw. 3 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1889 |
| Burmese calendar | 707 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6853–6854 |
| Chinese calendar |
甲申年 (Wood Monkey) 4041 or 3981 — to — 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4042 or 3982 |
| Coptic calendar | 1061–1062 |
| Discordian calendar | 2511 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1337–1338 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5105–5106 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1401–1402 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1266–1267 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4445–4446 |
| Holocene calendar | 11345 |
| Igbo calendar | 345–346 |
| Iranian calendar | 723–724 |
| Islamic calendar | 745–746 |
| Japanese calendar |
Kōei 4 / Jōwa 1 (貞和元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1257–1258 |
| Julian calendar | 1345 MCCCXLV |
| Korean calendar | 3678 |
| Minguo calendar | 567 before ROC 民前567年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −123 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1887–1888 |
Year 1345 (MCCCXLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. It was a year in the 14th century, in the midst of a period in world history often referred to as the Late Middle Ages.
During this year on the Asian continent, the several divisions of the old Mongol Empire were in a state of gradual decline. The Ilkhanate had already fragmented into several kingdoms struggling to place their puppet emperors over the shell of an old state. The Chagatai Khanate was in the midst of a civil war and one year from falling to rebellion. The Golden Horde to the north was besieging Genoese colonies along the coast of the Black Sea, and the Yuan dynasty in China was seeing the first seeds of a resistance which would lead to its downfall. Southeast Asia remained free from Mongol power, with several small kingdoms struggling for survival. The Siamese dynasty in that area vanquished the Sukhothai in this year. In the Indonesian Archipelago, the Majapahit Empire was in the midst of a golden age under the leadership of Gajah Mada, who remains a famous figure in Indonesia.
England and France were engaged in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War, with the Battle of Auberoche fought in Northern France in October of this year. In the Iberian Peninsula, Alfonso XI of Castile again besieged the Muslim city of Granada as part of the Reconquista, but without success. The Holy Roman Empire under Louis IV took control of Holland and the surrounding area, granting these lands to his wife Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut in a move which angered many of his princes. Holland was also in the midst of the Friso-Hollandic Wars, engaging with the Frisians on 26 September in the Battle of Warns. Italy, which at the time was divided into several kingdoms, saw several power struggles including the Battle of Gamenario in the north, and the assassination of Andrew, Duke of Calabria in the Kingdom of Naples. In Northern Europe, Swedes continued early stages of their emigration to Estonia, which would continue in the coming decades. Estonian rulers also managed to crush the St. George's Night Uprising in 1345 after a two-year struggle. The Grand Duchy of Lithuania changed hands from Jaunutis to his brother Algirdas in a relatively bloodless shift of power, and Lithuania continued its skirmishes with its northern, Estonian neighbor.
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