1715

This article is about the year 1715.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1680s  1690s  1700s  – 1710s –  1720s  1730s  1740s
Years:	1712 1713 1714 – 1715 – 1716 1717 1718

1715 by topic:

Arts and Sciences

Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science

Countries

Canada –Denmark – France – Great Britain – Ireland – Norway – Russia – Scotland –Sweden –

Lists of leaders

Colonial governors – State leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works category

Works

1715 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1715 MDCCXV
Ab urbe condita	2468
Armenian calendar	1164 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԴ
Assyrian calendar	6465
Bengali calendar	1122
Berber calendar	2665
British Regnal year	1 Geo. 1 – 2 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar	2259
Burmese calendar	1077
Byzantine calendar	7223–7224
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4411 or 4351     — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4412 or 4352
Coptic calendar	1431–1432
Discordian calendar	2881
Ethiopian calendar	1707–1708
Hebrew calendar	5475–5476
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1771–1772
- Shaka Samvat	1637–1638
- Kali Yuga	4816–4817
Holocene calendar	11715
Igbo calendar	715–716
Iranian calendar	1093–1094
Islamic calendar	1126–1128
Japanese calendar	Shōtoku 5 (正徳５年)
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4048
Minguo calendar	197 before ROC 民前197年
Thai solar calendar	2257–2258

1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter F) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday (dominical letter B) of the Julian calendar, the 1715th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 715th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1710s decade. Note that the Julian day for 1715 is 11 calendar days difference, which continued to be used from 1582 until the complete conversion of the Gregorian calendar was entirely done in 1929.

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.
• March 27 – Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, flees from Great Britain to France. His part in secret negotiations with France leading to the Treaty of Utrecht has cast suspicion on him in the eyes of the Whig government of Britain. He becomes secretary of state to the Pretender, James Edward Stuart.
• May 3 – A total solar eclipse is seen across southern England, Sweden and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years).

July–December

• July 20 – Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18): The fall of Nauplion, the capital of the Venetian "Kingdom of the Morea", seals the fate of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is soon completely retaken by the Ottomans.
• July 24 – 1715 Treasure Fleet: 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 major Jacobite rising in Scotland against the rule of King George I of Great Britain 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, who will reign for 58 years. Regent for the new, 5-year-old monarch is Philippe d'Orléans, nephew of Louis XIV.
• November 13 – The Battle of Sheriffmuir during the Jacobite rising in Scotland. Although the action is inconclusive, the forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain led by John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll, halt the Jacobite advance.
• November 14 – Battle of Preston: Government forces defeat the Jacobite incursion at the conclusion of a five-day siege and action.
• November 15 – Third Barrier Treaty signed by Britain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic.
• November 28 – Application of Nueva Planta decrees in Majorca and the other Balearic Islands formerly under the Crown of Aragon bringing them under the laws of the Crown of Castile.
• December 22 – James Edward Stuart rejoins Jacobite rebels in Scotland but fails to rouse his army.
• December 24 – Swedish troops occupy Norway.

Date unknown

• Yamasee War: 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 9 – Robert-François Damiens, French domestic servant executed for attempted assassination of Louis XV of France (d. 1757)
• January 10 – Christian August Crusius, German philosopher (d. 1775)
• January 10 – Johan Sparre af Söfdeborg, Swedish general of noble (d. 1791)
• January 12 – Jacques Duphly, French composer (d. 1789)
• January 23 – Jean-Olivier Briand, Catholic bishop (d. 1794)
• January 24 – Ōkubo Tadaoki, Daimyo (d. 1764)
• January 25 – George Hay, British politician (d. 1778)
• January 25 – Thomas Walker, American explorer (d. 1794)
• January 29 – Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
• January 31 – John Wayles, American lawyer and planter (d. 1773)
• February 4 – John Hamilton, British politician (d. 1796)
• February 5 – Baltazar Adam Krčelić, Croatian historian and theologian (d. 1778)
• February 11 – Margaret Bentinck, Duchess of Portland, British duchess (d. 1785)
• February 12 – James Grenville, British Member of Parliament (d. 1783)
• February 22 – Charles-Nicolas Cochin, French artist (d. 1790)
• February 22 – Jean Georges Lefranc de Pompignan, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1790)
• February 26 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771)
• March 4 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, British Earl (d. 1763)
• March 7 – Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and noble (d. 1759)
• March 7 – Ephraim Williams, Benefactor of Williams College, people of the French and Indian War (d. 1755)
• March 14 – Johan Martin Preisler, German artist (d. 1794)
• March 18 – Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prussian major general and titular Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (d. 1744)
• March 18 – John Bushell, first printer in what is now Canada (d. 1761)
• March 24 – William Strahan, British politician (d. 1785)
• March 25 – Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, Italian Franciscan saint (d. 1791)
• March 31 – Johan Samuel Augustin, German-Danish astronomical writer and civil servant (d. 1785)
• April 3 – William Watson, English scientist (d. 1787)
• April 9 – Giovanni Carlo Boschi, Catholic cardinal (d. 1788)
• April 11 – John Alcock, English composer and organist (d. 1806)
• April 11 – Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, French academic (d. 1780)
• April 13 – John Martin Mack, Moravian bishop (d. 1784)
• April 19 – James Nares, English composer (d. 1783)
• April 20 – James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, English noble and politician (d. 1811)
• April 23 – Carl Tersmeden, Swedish admiral (d. 1797)
• April 23 – John Hicks, Canadian politician (d. 1790)
• April 23 – Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer (d. 1797)
• April 23 – Auguste de Keralio, French nobleman (d. 1805)
• April 28 – Franz Sparry, Austrian composer (d. 1767)
• April 28 – Carl Fredrik Scheffer, politician (d. 1786)
• May 4 – Richard Graves, British writer (d. 1804)
• May 4 – Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble (d. 1760)
• May 7 – Charles Roe, English businessman (d. 1781)
• May 11 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German musician (d. 1739)
• May 11 – Ignazio Fiorillo, Italian composer (d. 1787)
• May 12 – Otto William Schwartz, Canadian politician (d. 1785)
• May 22 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Catholic cardinal (d. 1794)
• June 7 – Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1785)
• June 12 – Charles-René Dejordy de Villebon, explorer of Canada (d. 1761)
• June 13 – Anna Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau, German noblewoman (d. 1780)
• June 18 – Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford, British earl and politician (d. 1768)
• June 25 – Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI (d. 1789)
• June 29 – Pedro Antonio de Cevallos, Spanish military Governor of Buenos Aires between 1757 and 1766 (d. 1778)
• July 2 – Samuel Finley, evangelical (Presbyterian (d. 1766)
• July 4 – Charles François Hutin, French painter (d. 1776)
• July 4 – Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German author (d. 1769)
• July 11 – Jean-Joseph Balechou, French artist (d. 1765)
• July 16 – Charles, Prince of Soubise, MArshal of France (d. 1787)
• July 26 – Jakob van der Schley, Dutch engraver (d. 1779)
• August 6 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)
• August 18 – Cyrus Trapaud, British Army general (d. 1801)
• August 25 – Luis González Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1763)
• September 5 – Ignác Raab, Czech artist (d. 1787)
• September 15 – Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general (d. 1789)
• September 19 – Emmanuel-Félicité de Durfort de Duras, Marshal of France and politician (d. 1789)
• September 19 – Ferenc Esterházy, Hungarian politician (d. 1785)
• September 22 – Jean-Étienne Guettard, French scientist (d. 1786)
• September 26 – Lord George Graham, Royal Navy officer and MP (d. 1747)
• October 1 – Richard Jago, English poet (d. 1781)
• October 2 – Domenico Caracciolo (d. 1789)
• October 5 – John Hustler, English Quaker industrialist (d. 1790)
• October 5 – Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
• October 6 – Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist, soldier in the French army, served in North America (d. 1776)
• October 16 – Joseph Allegranza, Historian, archaeologist, antiquary (d. 1785)
• October 23 – Peter II of Russia, Emperor of Russia (d. 1730)
• October 29 – Aaron Cleveland, American clergyman (d. 1757)
• November 5 – Felix of Nicosia, Catholic Saint (d. 1787)
• November 5 – Johann Georg Wille, German engraver (d. 1808)
• November 5 – John Brown, English divine and author (d. 1766)
• November 6 – Heneage Finch, 3rd Earl of Aylesford, Member of the Parliament of Great Britain (d. 1777)
• November 8 – Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Crown Princess of Prussia (d. 1797)
• November 9 – Edward Bligh, 2nd Earl of Darnley, English peer (d. 1747)
• November 12 – Kajetan Sołtyk, Catholic bishop (d. 1788)
• November 13 – Dorothea Erxleben, Physician (d. 1762)
• November 16 – Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer (d. 1760)
• November 17 – Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet (d. 1753)
• November 19 – Bertrand Philip, Count of Gronsveld, Dutch diplomat (d. 1772)
• November 23 – Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
• November 24 – Anna Nitschmann, German poet (d. 1760)
• November 26 – Jean-Charles Gervaise de Latouche, French writer (d. 1782)
• November 27 – Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, German physician (d. 1794)
• November 30 – Johann Philipp Bethmann, German merchant and banker (d. 1793)
• November 30 – Johan Jacob Bruun, Danish artist (d. 1789)
• December 4 – Abraham Drake, Politician (d. 1781)
• December 9 – Joseph Marie Terray, French politician (d. 1778)
• December 11 – Johann Valentin Tischbein, German painter (d. 1768)
• December 12 – Gennaro Manna, Italian composer (d. 1779)
• December 21 – Tommaso Gherardini, Italian painter (d. 1797)
• December 21 – François-Vincent Toussaint, French writer (d. 1772)
• December 21 – Gottlieb Heinrich Totleben, German noble (d. 1773)
• December 25 – Princess Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (d. 1772)
• December 27 – Philippe de Noailles, Marshal of France (d. 1794)
• December 30 – Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham, British politician (d. 1746)
• December 31 – Nicolas-Sylvestre Bergier, French Catholic theologian (d. 1790)
• date unknown – Robert-François Damiens, attempted assassin of Louis XV of France (d. 1757)

Deaths

Louis XIV of France

• January 7 - François Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai (b. 1651)
• 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 – Mirwais Hotak, Pashtun emir & founder of the Hotaki dynasty (b. 1673)