1715 in France
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Events from the year 1715 in France.
Incumbents
Events
Births
- 9 January â Robert-François Damiens, domestic servant, executed for the attempted assassination of Louis XV (died 1757)
- 12 January â Jacques Duphly, harpsichordist and composer (died 1789)
- 23 January â Jean-Olivier Briand, bishop of Quebec (died 1794)
- 30 January â Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois, botanist (died 1804)
- 22 February â Charles-Nicolas Cochin, engraver (died 1790)
- 15 September â Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, military officer, known for introducing the Gribeauval system (died 1789)
Deaths
- 8 January â Noël Bouton de Chamilly, military officer (born 1636)
- 29 January â Bernard Lamy, mathematician (born 1640)
- 20 May â Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, sailor and nobleman (born 1629)
- 1 September â Louis XIV, King of France since 1643 (born 1638)[4]
- 1 September â François Girardon, sculptor (born 1628)
