What Happened In 1615 - Historical Events 1615

Historical Events for the Year 1615

21st April » The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in History of Malta under the Order of Saint John or Malta.
2nd June » The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
4th June » Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.

14th January » John Biddle (Unitarian) called John Biddle, English theologian (d. 1662)
25th January » Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (d. 1660)
30th January » Thomas Rolfe, American son of Pocahontas (d. 1675)
13th March » Pope Innocent XII (d. 1700)
16th September » Heinrich Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1692)
5th November » Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1648)
12th November » Richard Baxter, English clergyman, poet, and theologian (d. 1691)
24th November » Philip William, Elector Palatine, German son of Magdalene of Bavaria (d. 1690)

31st January » Claudio Acquaviva, Italian priest, 5th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1543)
4th February » Giambattista della Porta, Italian polymath and playwright (b. 1535)
4th February » Dom Justo Takayama, Japanese daimyo (b. 1552)
4th March » Hans von Aachen, German painter (b. 1552)
4th May » Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)
3rd June » Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
23rd June » Mashita Nagamori, Japanese daimyo (b. 1545)
1st September » Étienne Pasquier, French lawyer and jurist (b. 1529)
24th November » Sethus Calvisius, German composer and theorist (b. 1556)
2nd December » Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon, French general (b. 1541)