1645 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1645.

Events

December – William Cavendish, later Duke of Newcastle, marries Margaret Lucas, whom he has met while himself in exile in France.^[1]
unknown dates
- With the London theatres closed by the Puritan regime during the English Civil War, closet drama grows in prominence. Henry Burkhead's Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery^[2] is written in this genre and the sisters Jane Cavendish and Elizabeth Egerton probably complete their The Concealed Fansyes while besieged.

Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
- De Causis Errorum (On the Causes of Errors)^[3]
- De Religione Laici (On the Religion of the Laity)^[3]
John Milton
- Colasterion
- Tetrachordon
Elizabeth Richardson, Baroness Cramond – A Lady's Legacy to her Daughters^[4]
Alexander Ross
- Medicus Medicatus
- The Philosophical Touchstone
Francisco Manuel de Melo – Guerra de Cataluña
Horacio Carochi – Arte de la lengua mexicana
Daniello Bartoli – L'huomo di lettere
Hermann Busenbaum – Medulla theologiae moralis

Luis Quiñones de Benavente – Jocoseria. Burlas veras, o reprensión moral y festiva de los desórdenes públicos
Molière – Le Médecin volant
Paul Scarron – Jodelet

August 14 – Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora, Mexican priest, poet, geographer, and historian (died 1700)
August 16 or 17 – Jean de La Bruyère, French essayist (died 1696)^[5]
Unknown date – Edmund Bohun, English historian, publicist and political writer (died 1699)^[6]

April 17 – Daniel Featley, English Calvinist theologian (born 1582)
August 28 – Hugo Grotius, Dutch polymath (born 1583)
August 31 – Francesco Bracciolini, Italian poet (born 1566)
September 8 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish nobleman, politician and poet (born 1580)
Unknown dates
- Feng Menglong (馮夢龍), Chinese vernacular poet and author (born 1574)
- William Lithgow, Scottish travel writer (born 1582)
- John Paul Nazarius, Italian Dominican theologian (born 1556)

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