1615

Years: 1612 1613 1614 - 1615 - 1616 1617 1618

Decades: 1580s 1590s 1600s - 1610s - 1620s 1630s 1640s

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century 1615 in literature 1615 in science

Events

• June 2 - First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
• June 4 - Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan.
• The second volume of Miguel Cervantes' Don Quixote is published.
• End of the Sengoku Period in Japan.

Births

• January 30 - Thomas Rolfe
• March 13 - Pope Innocent XII

Deaths

• May 27 - Marguerite de Valois, first wife of Henry IV of France