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Year '''615''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DCXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. The denomination 615 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===

==== Europe ====
* The [[Balkans]] are freely overrun by the [[Slavs]], who settle in large numbers in what is now [[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]], [[North Macedonia]] and parts of Greece. The western territories of modern-day [[Yugoslavia]] ([[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], [[Croatia]] and [[Dalmatia]]) suffer raids from the [[Avars (Carpathians)|Avars]], who settle in this region.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=34}}
* The Slavs under [[Chatzon]] attack in [[longboat]]s along the coasts of [[Thessaly]], western [[Anatolia]], and various Greek islands. They besiege the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] city of [[Thessaloniki]] in a combined land and sea attack. The Slavs with their families encamp before the [[Walls of Thessaloniki|city walls]].{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=41}}
* The city of [[Epidaurum|Epidaurus]] (Dalmatia) is destroyed by the Avars and Slavic invaders. The [[Illyria]]n refugees flee to the nearby island [[Cavtat|Laus]], where they found [[Dubrovnik]] (Ragusa). The islands of [[Rab (island)|Rab]], [[Krk]] and [[Cres]] become major [[food]] suppliers for the surviving cities of the mainland.{{sfn|Fine|1991|p=35}}
* [[Eleutherius (exarch)|Eleutherius]] succeeds [[John I (exarch)|John I]] as [[Exarchate of Ravenna|exarch of Ravenna]]. He persecutes those implicated in the murder of John and the judges of the State. After making a courtesy visit to [[Pope Adeodatus I]], Eleutherius captures [[Naples]] and kills the rebel leader [[John of Conza]].<ref>Raymond Davis (translator), "The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis)", first edition (Liverpool: University Press, 1989, p. 63</ref>

==== Britain ====
* [[Bangor-on-Dee|Bangor Massacre]]: The [[Anglo-Saxons]], under King [[Æthelfrith of Northumbria]], after defeating the [[Kingdom of Powys]], finally reach the [[Irish Sea]] and massacre 1,200 Christian [[monk]]s at their [[monastery]], in [[Bangor-on-Dee|Bangor]] (Wales).<ref name=genuki>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/FLN/Bangor/ St Dunawd], [[GENUKI]]</ref>
* [[Edwin of Northumbria]] takes refuge in [[East Anglia]]; he marries Cwenburga, daughter of king [[Cearl of Mercia]] (according to the ''[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]'').

==== Mesoamerica ====
* [[July 29]] &ndash; Queen [[Sak Kʼukʼ]] is succeeded by her son [[K'inich Janaab' Pakal|Pacal the Great]], as ruler of the [[Maya city]] state [[Palenque]] (Mexico). He begins a building program at his capital, that produces some of [[Maya civilization]]'s finest [[Ancient Maya art|art]] and [[Maya architecture|architecture]].

=== By topic ===

==== Religion ====
* [[May 25]] &ndash; Pope [[Pope Boniface IV|Boniface IV]] dies after a 7-year reign, in which he has converted the [[Pantheon, Rome|Pantheon]] into the Church of "Santa Maria Rotonda". He is succeeded by [[Pope Adeodatus I|Adeodatus I]] (also known as Deusdedit) as the 68th [[pope]] of Rome. 
* Several of [[Muhammad]]'s followers begin to [[Migration to Abyssinia|emigrate]] to the [[Kingdom of Aksum|Aksumite Empire]]. They found a small colony there, under the protection of the Christian [[Ethiopia]]n emperor [[Sahama|Așhama ibn Abjar]].<ref>Alford Welch, "Muhammad", ''[[Encyclopaedia of Islam]]''</ref><ref>An Introduction to the Quran (1895), p. 185</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[Æbbe of Coldingham|Æbbe]], Anglo-Saxon princess and [[abbess]] (approximate date)
* [[Begga]], Frankish [[abbess]] and [[saint]] (d. [[693]])
* [[Bertin]], Frankish [[abbot]] (approximate date)
* [[Buyeo Yung]], prince of [[Baekje]] (d. [[682]])
* [[Fatima]], daughter of [[Muhammad]] (or [[605]]) 
* [[Leodegar]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Autun|bishop of Autun]] (approximate date)
* [[Li Jingxuan]], official of the [[Tang dynasty]] (d. [[682]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Pope Boniface IV]]
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Columbanus]], Irish [[missionary]] (b. [[543]])
* [[Chatzon]], chieftain of the [[Slavs]] 
* [[John I Lemigius]], [[Exarchate of Ravenna|exarch of Ravenna]]
* [[John of Conza]], Italian rebel leader
* [[Máel Coba mac Áedo]], [[High King of Ireland]]
* [[Pybba of Mercia|Pybba]], king of [[Mercia]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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=== Sources ===
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