1715 Explained

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

Events of 1715

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, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).

September - The first of the major Jacobite Rebellions in Scotland against the rule of King George I breaks out. John Erskine, 22nd Earl of Mar raises the standard of James Francis Edward Stuart and marches on Edinburgh. James, the son of the deposed King James VII, briefly arrives from France, but leaves as it becomes clear that there is no support for him in England; he takes Mar with him, but leaves most of his supporters behind (December).
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.
13 November - The undecisive Battle of Sheriffmuir during a Jacobite rising in Scotland.
December 24 - Swedish troops occupy Norway.

Undated

The Province of Carolina goes to war with the Yamasee Native Americans.
Karlsruhe is founded.
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.

Ongoing events

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)

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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)
Mir Wais Khan Hotaki, Persian Governor of Kandahar (b. 1673)

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