14th April » The Yamasee War begins in South Carolina.
15th April » The Yamasee War Pocotaligo massacre or Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in Province of Carolina named colonial South Carolina.
31st July » Seven days after a 1715 Treasure Fleet called Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
1st August » The Riot Act comes into force in England.
1st September » King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
Famous Birthdays in 1715
10th January » Christian August Crusius, German philosopher and theologian (d. 1775)
12th January » Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
29th January » Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (d. 1777)
4th March » James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, English politician (d. 1763)
7th March » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet (d. 1759)
7th March » Ephraim Williams, American soldier (d. 1755)
3rd April » William Watson (scientist) known as William Watson, English physician, physicist, and botanist (d. 1787)
11th April » John Alcock (organist) e.g John Alcock, English organist and composer (d. 1806)
19th April » James Nares, English organist and composer (d. 1783)
23rd April » Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer (d. 1797)
28th April » Franz Sparry, Austrian composer (d. 1767)
4th May » Richard Graves, English minister and author (d. 1804)
11th May » Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German organist (d. 1739)
11th May » Ignazio Fiorillo, Italian composer (d. 1787)
22nd May » François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal (d. 1794)
25th June » Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (d. 1789)
4th July » Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, German poet and academic (d. 1769)
6th August » Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French author (d. 1747)
15th September » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer (d. 1789)
22nd September » Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist (d. 1786)
30th September » Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (d. 1780)
5th October » Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, French economist (d. 1789)
8th October » Michel Benoist, French scientist and missionary (d. 1774)