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Historical Events for the Year 1715

• 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)
• 23rd October » Peter II of Russia (d. 1730)
• 5th November » John Brown (essayist) called John Brown, English author and playwright (d. 1766)
• 8th November » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (d. 1797)
• 13th November » Dorothea Erxleben, German physician (d. 1762)
• 16th November » Girolamo Abos, Maltese-Italian composer (d. 1760)
• 23rd November » Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author (d. 1799)
• 12th December » Gennaro Manna, Italian composer (d. 1779)
• 27th December » Philippe de Noailles, French soldier (d. 1794)

Famous Deaths in History for 1715

• 7th January » François Fénelon, French archbishop, theologian, and poet (b. 1651)
• 17th February » Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (b. 1646)
• 21st February » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
• 25th February » Pu Songling, Chinese author (b. 1640)
• 17th March » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 18th March » William Fraser, 12th Lord Saltoun, Scottish politician (b. 1654)
• 19th May » Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1661)
• 25th June » Jean-Baptiste du Casse, French admiral (b. 1646)
• 5th July » Charles Ancillon, French jurist and diplomat (b. 1659)
• 1st September » François Girardon, French sculptor (b. 1628)
• 1st September » Louis XIV of France (b. 1638)
• 14th September » Dom Pérignon (monk) known as Dom Pérignon, French monk (b. 1638)
• 13th October » Nicolas Malebranche, French priest and philosopher (b. 1638)
• 15th October » Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b. 1675)
• 14th December » Thomas Tenison, English archbishop (b. 1636)
• 15th December » George Hickes, English minister and scholar (b. 1642)
• 28th December » William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)

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