Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century Decades: 1570s 1580s 1590s 1600s 1610s - 1620s - 1630s - 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s Years: 1615 1616 1617 1618 1619 - 1620 - 1621 1622 1623 1624 1625 Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths Events September 6 - English emigrants on the Mayflower depart from Plymouth, England for the future New England and arrive at the end of the year. The Mayflower Compact is signed on November 11. November 8 - The Battle of White Mountain Two officers of the British East India Company attempt to claim the Table Mountain region (in present-day South Africa) for England, but fail. Births February 16 - Friedrich Wilhelm, the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg, Duke of Prussia (+ 1688) Deaths March 1 - Thomas Campion, poet and composer\n This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.