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Born on Wednesday December 23, 1615
- Renerus MAURISSEN, Bilzen, Provincie Limburg, Flanders, Belgie († 1616)
- Renerus Maurissen († 1616)
- Lodewijk van La Rochefoucauld Baron van Verteuil, Poitiers, Poitou-Charentes († 1654)
- Captain Francis Drake, Colchester, Essex, England († 1687)
- (Captain) Francis Robert Drake, Devon, England or County Meath, Ireland († 1687)
- Bishop Louis of Lectoure († 1654)
- Francis (Capt) Drake, Churchstanto, Devon, England († 1687)
- Georg Endress, Winneden, Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany
- Margaretha De Coster, B eerse
- Johannes Wehinger, Dornbirn-Haltersdorf,Dornbirn,Vorarlberg,Österreich,A († 1674)
Died on Wednesday December 23, 1615
- Barbara de Roo (Deroo) (66), Kanegem, Tielt, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Magdalena van Gotsmann (46)
- Barbera DE ROO (68), Kanegem, Belgie
- Barbera de ROO (68), Kanegem-België
- Pieter van Coppenolle (0), Ronse (België)
- Barbara Deroo (66), Kanegem, België
- Barbara de ROO (66), Kanegem, BE
- Pierre VAN COPPENOLLE (0), Renaix-St-Martin,9600,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
Born on December 23
- 1544 » Anna of Saxony, only child and heiress of Maurice, Elector of Saxony († 1577)
- 1573 » Giovanni Battista Crespi, Italian painter, sculptor and architect († 1632)
- 1582 » Severo Bonini, Italian organist and composer († 1663)
- 1597 » Martin Opitz, German poet and composer († 1639)
- 1605 » Tianqi Emperor, Chinese emperor († 1627)
- 1613 » Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord High Constable of Sweden († 1676)
- 1621 » Edmund Berry Godfrey, English lawyer and judge († 1678)
- 1621 » Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England († 1682)
- 1689 » Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer († 1755)
- 1690 » Pamheiba, Indian emperor († 1751)
Died on December 23
- 1556 » Nicholas Udall, English cleric, playwright, and educator (b. 1504)
- 1568 » Roger Ascham, English scholar and academic (b. 1515)
- 1575 » Akiyama Nobutomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1531)
- 1588 » Henry I, duke of Guise (b. 1550)
- 1631 » Michael Drayton, English poet and playwright (b. 1563)
- 1638 » Barbara Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- 1646 » François Maynard, French poet and academic (b. 1582)
- 1652 » John Cotton, English minister and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1675 » Caesar, duc de Choiseul, French general and diplomat (b. 1602)
- 1722 » Pierre Varignon, French mathematician and academic (b. 1654)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1615
- Stadhouder Prins Maurits (Huis van Oranje) was from 1585 till 1625 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- April 21 » The Wignacourt Aqueduct is inaugurated in Malta.
- June 2 » The first Récollet missionaries arrive at Quebec City, from Rouen, France.
- June 4 » Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan.