1715 in France

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Events from the year 1715 in France

Incumbents

Monarch – Louis XIV; Louis XV

Persian embassy to Louis XIV

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)

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 September – François Girardon, sculptor (born 1628)

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