Events from the year 1715 in France
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Incumbents
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edit- 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
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- 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)
See also
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References
edit- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "BBC - History - King Louis XV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Semmens, Richard Templar (2004). The Bals Publics at the Paris Opéra in the Eighteenth Century. Pendragon Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-57647-034-3.
- ^ 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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