Timeline August 1645

Events in August 1645 4

• 1583 – 1645 Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) Died 28 August 1645, aged 62 Hugo Grotius, the Dutch jurist and diplomat whose writings on natural law and the law of nations laid foundations for modern international law, died after being shipwrecked off the Pomeranian coast while traveling from Sweden. His 1625 treatise On the Law of War and Peace remained a foundational text for centuries.
• 1645 Ottoman Invasion of Crete Siege and capture of Chania opens the Cretan War An Ottoman fleet landed on Venetian-held Crete and besieged the city of Chania, which surrendered in August 1645. The campaign began the Cretan War, a 24-year struggle between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice for control of the island.
• 1645 Treaty of Bromsebro Sweden ends its war with Denmark-Norway on favorable terms Sweden and Denmark-Norway signed the Treaty of Bromsebro, ending the Torstensson War. Denmark ceded Gotland, Halland, and the Norwegian provinces of Jamtland and Harjedalen along with Baltic trade concessions, confirming Sweden's rise as the dominant Baltic power.
• 1645 Battle of Kilsyth Montrose's greatest victory gives him brief control of Scotland The Marquess of Montrose's Royalist Highland army crushed a Covenanter force at Kilsyth, giving Montrose temporary mastery of Scotland on behalf of King Charles I. The victory proved short-lived; Covenanter forces regrouped and crushed Montrose a month later at Philiphaugh.