1715 in France

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Events from the year 1715 in France

Incumbents[]

  • MonarchLouis XIV (until 1 September), then Louis XV
  • Regent: Philip II of Orleans (from 1 September)

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[]

Louis XIV, King of France 1643–1715
  • 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).[1]
  • 1 September – François Girardon, sculptor (born 1628)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1924). "Ludvig XIV". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 16 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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