1715
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This article is about the year 1715.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s – 1710s – 1720s 1730s 1740s |
| Years: | 1712 1713 1714 – 1715 – 1716 1717 1718 |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1715 MDCCXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2468 |
| Armenian calendar | 1164 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6465 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -129–-128 |
| 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 | 甲午年十一月廿六日 (4351/4411-11-26) — to —
乙未年十二月初六日(4352/4412-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1431–1432 |
| 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 |
| Iranian calendar | 1093–1094 |
| Islamic calendar | 1126–1128 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōtoku 5 (正徳5年) |
| Korean calendar | 4048 |
| Minguo calendar | 197 before ROC 民前197年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2258 |
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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.
[edit] Events
[edit] 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).
[edit] 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, 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 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.
- 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 24 – Swedish troops occupy Norway.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
