1715

1715 (MDCCXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1715th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 715th year of the 2nd millennium, the 15th year of the 18th century, and the 6th year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1715, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1680s  1690s  1700s  – 1710s –  1720s  1730s  1740s
Years:	1712 1713 1714 – 1715 – 1716 1717 1718

1715 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1715 MDCCXV
Ab urbe condita	2468
Armenian calendar	1164 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԴ
Assyrian calendar	6465
Balinese saka calendar	1636–1637
Bengali calendar	1122
Berber calendar	2665
British Regnal year	1 Geo. 1 – 2 Geo. 1
Buddhist calendar	2259
Burmese calendar	1077
Byzantine calendar	7223–7224
Chinese calendar	甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4411 or 4351     — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4412 or 4352
Coptic calendar	1431–1432
Discordian calendar	2881
Ethiopian calendar	1707–1708
Hebrew calendar	5475–5476
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1771–1772
- Shaka Samvat	1636–1637
- Kali Yuga	4815–4816
Holocene calendar	11715
Igbo calendar	715–716
Iranian calendar	1093–1094
Islamic calendar	1126–1128
Japanese calendar	Shōtoku 5 (正徳５年)
Javanese calendar	1638–1639
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4048
Minguo calendar	197 before ROC 民前197年
Nanakshahi calendar	247
Thai solar calendar	2257–2258
Tibetan calendar	阳木马年 (male Wood-Horse) 1841 or 1460 or 688     — to — 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1842 or 1461 or 689

Events

• There are riots against King George I.
• Jacobite rising of 1715

Deaths

• September 1 – Louis XIV of France dies and his great-grandson, Louis XV of France becomes king even though he is just five years old.