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1615| 1606–1657 | Ottoman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, Hungary, Transylvania [treaties] | The 1606 peace treaties between the Habsburg and Ottoman empires lead to half a century of peace and stability in Hungary; no major campaigns are fought between the two, though frontier skirmishes and raids are endemic, and Transylvania develops into a rich regional power. | | 1607–1700 | North America, UK [food and drink] | Fruits introduced to the North American colonies from England include apples, which adapt well in New England, and peaches, which grow easily in Virginia and other warmer regions. Native vegetables like pumpkins, squash, and beans are favoured over European vegetables. | | October 1614 - March 1615 | France [political events] | The French Estates General (parliament), summoned after the rebellion of the princes against the regime of the queen mother Marie de' Medici and her Italian favourite Concino Concini, meets for the last time before 1789 in Paris, France; it dissolves in wrangling between the three estates. | | 1615 | Japan [theatre and dance] | Bunraku theatre develops in Japan when puppet theatre (practised for many centuries) is combined with the music of the shamisen (a stringed instrument). | | 1615 | Germany, Holy Roman Empire [civic and commercial buildings] | The Town Hall of Augsburg, Germany, designed by the German architect Elias Holl, is completed. It is one of the first true Renaissance buildings in Germany. | | May - June 1615 | Japan [wars] | The Tokugawa forces led by the de-facto Japanese shogun (military ruler) Tokugawa Ieyasu conduct a continuous assault, the ‘Summer Siege’, on Osaka Castle until the rebel leader Toyotomi Hideyori commits suicide rather than submitting. This finally secures the rule of the Edo Bakufu (shogun). | | 9 August 1615 | France [wars] | Renewed civil war breaks out in France, in which Henri II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé is in league with the Huguenots (French Protestants) led by Henri, Duke of Rohan, against the queen mother Marie de' Medici and Concino Concini, Marquis of Ancre, Marshal of France. |
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