1715 in France explained

Events from the year 1715 in France

Incumbents

• Monarch  - Louis XIV (until 1 September),^[1] then Louis XV^[2]
• Regent: Philip II of Orleans (from 1 September)^[3]

Events

• Persian embassy to Louis XIV

Births

• 9 January  - Robert-François Damiens, domestic servant, executed for the attempted assassination of Louis XV (died 1757)
• 12 January  - Jacques Duphly, harpsichordist and composer (died 1789)
• 23 January  - Jean-Olivier Briand, bishop of Quebec (died 1794)
• 30 January  - Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois, botanist (died 1804)
• 22 February  - Charles-Nicolas Cochin, engraver (died 1790)
• 15 September  - Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, military officer, known for introducing the Gribeauval system (died 1789)

Deaths

• 8 January  - Noël Bouton de Chamilly, military officer (born 1636)
• 29 January  - Bernard Lamy, mathematician (born 1640)
• 20 May  - Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, sailor and nobleman (born 1629)
• 1 September  - Louis XIV, King of France since 1643 (born 1638)^[4]
• 1 September  - François Girardon, sculptor (born 1628)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715) . www.bbc.co.uk . 9 June 2022.
2. Web site: BBC - History - King Louis XV . www.bbc.co.uk . 17 June 2022.
3. Book: Semmens . Richard Templar . The Bals Publics at the Paris Opéra in the Eighteenth Century . 2004 . Pendragon Press . 978-1-57647-034-3 . 29 . en.
4. Encyclopedia: Ludvig XIV . 8 - 10 . . 16 . 1924 . 2 . Blangstrup, Chr. . Christian Blangstrup . J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel . Copenhagen . da . 19 August 2015 .