1715 in France
Events from the year 1715 in France.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Louis XIV, then Louis XV
- Regent: Philippe II, Duke of Orleans
Events
Births
- 9 January - Robert-François Damiens, domestic servant, executed for the attempted assassination of Louis XV
- 12 January - Jacques Duphly, harpsichordist and composer
- 23 January - Jean-Olivier Briand, bishop of Quebec
- 30 January - Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois, botanist
- 22 February - Charles-Nicolas Cochin, engraver
- 15 September - Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, military officer, known for introducing the Gribeauval system
Deaths
- 8 January - Noël Bouton de Chamilly, military officer
- 29 January - Bernard Lamy, mathematician
- 20 May - Armand Jean de Vignerot du Plessis, sailor and nobleman
- 1 September - Louis XIV, King of France since 1643
- 1 September - François Girardon, sculptor