Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1715
Birthdays
- 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 4 - James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
- 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 13 - John Hanson, President of the United States in Congress Assembled (d. 1783)
- 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
- 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 5 - Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau
- October 8 - Michel Benoist, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1774)
- October 23 - Peter II of Russia, (d. 1730)
- November 5 - John Brown, English writer (d. 1766)
- November 8 - Elisabeth Christine von Braunschweig-Bevern, wife of Frederick II of Prussia (d. 1797)
- November 13 - Dorothea Erxleben, German
- November 23 - Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer (d. 1799)
- December 27 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy
Deaths
- January 7 - François Fénelon, French-Catholic theologian and writer (b. 1651)
- February 17 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
- February 21 - Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore
- February 25 - Pu Songling, Chinese writer (b. 1640)
- March 17 - Gilbert Burnet, Scottish Bishop of Salisbury (b. 1643)
- May 19 - Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
- June 25 - Jean du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
- July 5 - Charles Ancillon, French Huguenot pastor (b. 1659)
- 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 15 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
- December 14 - Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1636)
- December 15 - George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
- December 28 - William Carstares, Scottish minister (b. 1649)
Events
- April 15 - Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
- May 3 - "Edmund Halley's" total solar eclipse (the last one visible in London, United Kingdom for almost 900 years).
- July 24 - A Spanish treasure fleet of 10 ships under Admiral Ubilla leaves Havana, Cuba for Spain. Seven days later, 9 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
- September 1 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
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