What happened in 1715?
50 recorded events in 1715, including 23 in people, 8 in wars & conflicts and 8 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 8
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Battle of Sheriffmuir
Battle at the height of the 1715 Jacobite Rising in England and Scotland
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Yamasee War
1715–1717 conflict between British colonists and Native Americans in South Carolina
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Battle of Stresow
Battle during the Great Northern War, 1715
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Battle of Preston
Final action of the Jacobite rising of 1715
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Siege of Nauplia
1715 siege of the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1714–1718
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Battle of Gurdas Nangal
Battle in 1715
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Siege of Inverness
Part of the 1715 Jacobite rising
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Dutch-Algerian War
1715–1726 war between the Dutch Republic and the Regency of Algiers
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Greifswald
1715 treaty
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Persian embassy to Louis XIV
Persian embassy to Louis XIV (Politics & Government).
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People 23
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William Dampier died
British pirate and explorer (1651-1715)
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Louis XIV of France died
King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
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Thomas Tenison died
Archbishop of Canterbury (1636–1715)
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Thomas Savery died
English inventor and engineer
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Jean du Casse died
French admiral and buccaneer
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Johannes van Keulen died
Dutch cartographer (1654–1715)
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Nicolas Lemery died
French chemist
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Joseph Raphson died
British mathematician
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Wilhelm Homberg died
Dutch alchemist
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Shibukawa Shunkai died
Japanese astronomer
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Bernard Lamy died
French mathematician and theologian
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Choe Seok-jeong died
Mathematician and politician of Korea
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Jakub Kresa died
Czech mathematician
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Giuseppe Campani died
Italian astronomer (1635–1715)
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Humphry Ditton died
British mathematician and theologian (1675-1715)
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Daniel Eberlin died
German composer
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Constantin Christian Dedekind died
German poet, dramatist and composer
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Claude Adrien Helvétius born
Born in rue Sainte-Anne. French philosopher; (1715-1771).
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Peter II of Russia born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Emperor of Russia (1715-1730).
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Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues born
Born in Aix-en-Provence. French writer, a moralist (1715-1747).
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Christian Fürchtegott Gellert born
Born in Hainichen. German poet.
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Ewald Christian von Kleist born
Born in Cybulino. German poet and noble (1715-1759).
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Thomas Tenison died
Died in Lambeth. Archbishop of Canterbury (1636–1715).
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Religion & Belief Systems 4
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Comayagua
Cathedral in Comayagua, Honduras
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Pervizoğlu Mosque
Mosque in Yakutiye District
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Nostra Signora di Pontelungo
Church building in Albenga, Italy
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Resurrection Church, Serpukhov
Temple in Serpukhov, Russia
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Economy & Trade 1
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Howard de Walden Estate
UK business
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Architecture & Engineering 8
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St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Cathedral in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia
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Catherine's Church
Church building in Chernihiv, Ukraine
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Church of Mariahilf
Church in Vienna, Austria
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Schönborn Palace
Palace
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Salberg Church
Church in Trøndelag, Norway
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Bakke Church
Church in Trondheim, Norway
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Santa Maria del Sole Church
Church in Lodi, Italy
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Bergkirche
Church in Eisenstadt, Austria
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Opéra-Comique
Opera company in Paris, France
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Empires & Countries 3
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Crown of Aragon dissolved
Crown of Aragon ceased to exist.
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Crown of Castile dissolved
Crown of Castile ceased to exist, having been centered at Madrid.
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Kingdom of Majorca dissolved
Kingdom of Majorca ceased to exist, having been centered at Perpignan.
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