1715 Information

Year 1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.

Events

January–June

• February 11 – Tuscarora War: The Tuscarora and their allies sign a peace treaty with the Province of Carolina and agree to move to a reservation near Lake Mattamuskeet, effectively ending the Tuscarora War. Large numbers of Tuscarora subsequently move to New York.
• May 3 – A total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London, UK for almost 900 years).

July–December

• July 24 – A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under General Don Juan Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, nine of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).
• August 31 – Opening of Old Dock, Liverpool, England, the world's first enclosed commercial wet dock (Thomas Steers, engineer).
• September – The first of the major Jacobite Rebellions in Scotland against the rule of King George I breaks out. The Earl of Mar raises the standard of James Edward Stuart and marches on Edinburgh. James, the son of the deposed King James VII, arrives from France.
• September 1 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving his throne to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, 5-year-old monarch is Philippe d'Orléans, nephew of Louis XIV.
• November 13 – The indecisive Battle of Sheriffmuir during the Jacobite rising in Scotland.
• November 14 – Battle of Preston: Government forces defeat the Jacobite incursion at the conclusion of a five-day siege and action, the last battle fought on English soil.
• December 24 – Swedish troops occupy Norway.

Date unknown

• The Province of Carolina goes to war with the Yamasee Native Americans.
• Karlsruhe Palace is built, resulting in the town of Karlsruhe growing up around it.
• The ancient right to evaluate royal decrees publicly before they are given the force of law by the high court of Paris (the Parlement) is restored.

Births

• January 10 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
• January 12 – Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
• January 29 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
• February 26 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
• March 7 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759)
• March 7 – Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (d. 1755)
• April 3 – William Watson, English physician and scientist (d. 1787)
• April 28 – Franz Sparry, composer (d. 1767)
• May 4 – Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)
• May 22 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794)
• June 25 – Joseph-François Foulon, French politician (d. 1789)
• July 4 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet (d. 1769)
• August 6 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
• September 15 – Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French artillery specialist (d. 1789)
• September 22 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)
• September 30 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
• October 4 – Victor Riqueti, Marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
• October 8 – Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary and scientist (d. 1774)
• October 23 – Emperor Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
• November 5 – John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
• November 8 – Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, queen of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
• November 23 – Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
• December 27 – Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794)
• date unknown – Robert-François Damiens, attempted assassin of Louis XV of France (d. 1757)

Deaths

• February 17 – Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
• February 21 – Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, Governor of the Province of Maryland (b. 1637)
• March 17 – Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643)
• March 18 – William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun, (b.1654)
• May 19 – Charles Montagu, English Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• July 5 – Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
• July 30 – Nahum Tate, Irish poet (b. 1652)
• September 1 – François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
• September 1 – King Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
• October 13 – Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (b. 1638)
• October 14 – Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1636)
• October 15 – Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
• December 15 – George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• December 28 – William Carstares, Scottish clergyman (b. 1649)
• date unknown – Mir Wais Khan Hotaki, Persian Governor of Kandahar (b. 1673)

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