1715 in France

Events from the year 1715 in France

Incumbents

 * Monarch – Louis XIV (until 1 September), then Louis XV
 * Regent: Philip II of Orleans (from 1 September)

Events

 * Persian embassy to Louis XIV

Births

 * 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

 * 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)