On This Day

Historical Figures Born in 1615

  • Jan 14 John Biddle, English nontrinitarian and Unitarian minister, born in Gloucestershire, England (d. 1662)
  • Jan 25 Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), born in Kleve, Germany (d. 1660)
  • Jan 30 Thomas Rolfe, American colonial settler and only child of Pocahontas and John Rolfe, born in Varina Farms, Virginia (d. 1675)
  • Feb 23 Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver and illustrator, born in Antwerp baptized date (d. 1678)

Nicolas FouquetNicolas Fouquet (1615-1680)

Feb 23 French politician and Superintendent of Finances (1653-61) who became fabulously wealthy and later imprisoned for maladministration of state funds, born in Paris

Nicolas Fouquet
  • Mar 13 Innocent XII [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700), born in Spinazzola, Italy (d. 1700)
  • Mar 28 Pieter de Groot, Dutch regent and diplomat (First Stadtholderless Period of the Dutch Republic), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1678)
  • Jun 27 Johann Paul Schor, German Baroque painter, born in Innsbruck, Austria (d. 1674)
  • Nov 5 Ibrahim I, 18th Ottoman Sultan (1640-48), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1648)
  • Nov 12 Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)
  • Nov 24 Philipp Wilhelm, Elector of Palatine (d. 1690)

Search the largest, most accurate site for today in history.