What Happened in June 1615

Historical Events

  • Jun 2 First Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France

Siege of Osaka

Jun 4 Siege of Osaka: Forces under the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan

  • Jun 14 Dutch mariner Jacques Le Maire sets sails from Texel, North Holland, to find a new route to the Pacific and the Spice Islands and the southern continent (Terra Australis)

Famous Birthdays

  • Jun 20 Salvatore Rosa, Italian baroque painter, poet, musician and actor, born in Arenella, Kingdom of Naples, Spanish Habsburg (now Italy) (d. 1673)
  • Jun 27 Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1674)

Famous Deaths

  • Jun 3 Sanada Yukimura, Japanese samurai (b. 1567)
  • Jun 23 Mashita Nagamori, Japanese warlord (b. 1545)