1615

Year 1615 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - The is granted a 3 year  in n trade between the  and  s.
 * -, a Catholic priest, is hanged in ,.
 * - The was signed between  and.
 * - First  arrive at, from ,.
 * - Forces under the shogun took  in, beginning a period of peace which lasts nearly 250 years.

July - December

 * - The s under   attack, a border post of the.
 * - visits  in  to request a trade treaty between  and.
 * - In, , later governor of the future , marries his second wife (of 4), Thomasine Clopton, daughter of William Clopton of Castleins, near.

Undated

 * The second volume of '  is published.
 * End of the in.
 * Founding of the in,.
 * Persian hordes led by Shah-Abbas kill all the monks at the in  set fire to its collection of manuscripts and works of art.
 * , is released from the in recognition of her role in helping to discover the murder of Sir.
 * The is founded to administer.
 * publishes Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo in response to 's discovery of 's moons.
 * King of  sent Sir  as his ambassador to the  court of.
 * in, England, is founded by Dr.

Births

 * -, English theologian (d. )
 * -, Dutch painter (d. )
 * -, Virginia colonist and son of
 * - (d. )
 * (or ) -, Italian painter (died )
 * -, English soldier (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, English clergyman (d. )
 * - (d. )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, Italian Jesuit (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, German painter (b. )
 * -, Flemish mathematician (b. )
 * -, legendary Japanese samurai (b. )
 * -, queen of (b. )
 * -, minor Japanese (b. )
 * -, French lawyer and man of letters (b. )
 * -, English noblewoman and woman of letters (b. )
 * -, German calendar reformer (b. )


 * See also .