Year by year · 18th century

1715

1715 in world history: 7 events, 4 births, 4 deaths, 1 state founded and 4 that came to an end. 1,212 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 1 September

    Louis XIV dies after 72 years on the throne

    The Sun King died at Versailles days before his 77th birthday, having reigned for 72 years, the longest of any major European monarch. His five-year-old great-grandson succeeded as Louis XV.

    Dutch EmpireVersaillesLouis XIV

  2. 22 December

    The Old Pretender lands in Scotland, too late

    James Francis Edward Stuart landed at Peterhead to lead the Jacobite rising. After the defeat at Preston and the stalemate at Sheriffmuir in November, the cause was failing, and he sailed back to France in February.

    Scotland

  3. Battle

    Battle of Sheriffmuir

    The Battle of Sheriffmuir was fought on 13 November 1715 near Dunblane in Scotland between the Jacobite army of the Earl of Mar and a smaller government army under the Duke of Argyll.

  4. Treaty

    Barrier Treaty (1715)

    The Barrier Treaty of 15 November 1715, signed at Antwerp by Austria and the Dutch Republic with British mediation, settled the status of the Southern Netherlands after the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1715 4

Died in 1715 4

States founded 1

States that came to an end 4

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