About the day » Wednesday January 2, 1715Calender converter

• Joannes Van Impe, Mere in de Sint-Bavokerk
• Jacobus Bruijns, Stramproy, Limburg, Nederland († 1756)
• Bernard heinrich ter Halle, Alstatte
• Charles ARCHINARD, Saillans,26340,Drôme,Rhône-Alpes,FRANCE
• Gertrudis Henrici van de Kerkhof, Aarle
• Claas (Cornelis Nicolaas) Nuijten, Princenhage, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1791)
• Guillaume Adins (Adyns), Kortrijk († 1780)
• Charles François LECYGNE, Mennessis,02700,Aisne,Picardie,FRANCE († 1776)
• Cornelius Nuijten, Princenhage († 1791)
• Hendrik Mieremet, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1716)

• Jan Janse De Oude Dam van (58), Numansdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Hermann Krall, Krall
• Antonius Casparus VEROUDEN (VERAUDE(N)) (1), Aarle-Rixtel,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Christof Balthasar Trommer (46), Worms
• Henrich Müller (4), Reddighausen, Kreis Frankenberg
• Gaberiel Ruijs (2), Amsterdam
• Jan Janszn. (de Oude) van Dam (62), Numansdorp, Nederland
• Jan Jansz de Oude van Dam (60), Numansdorp
• Eijfien Hasenbroek (46), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Jean COSSAIS, Francueil, 37150, France

• 1642 » Mehmed IV, Ottoman sultan († 1693)
• 1647 » Nathaniel Bacon, English-American rebel leader († 1676)
• 1699 » Osman III, Ottoman sultan († 1757)
• 1713 » Marie Dumesnil, French actress († 1803)
• 1727 » James Wolfe, English general († 1759)
• 1732 » František Brixi, Czech organist and composer († 1771)
• 1777 » Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor and educator († 1857)
• 1803 » Guglielmo Libri Carucci dalla Sommaja, Italian mathematician and academic († 1869)
• 1822 » Rudolf Clausius, Polish-German physicist and mathematician († 1888)
• 1827 » Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Russian geographer and statistician († 1914)

• 1543 » Francesco Canova da Milano, Italian composer (b. 1497)
• 1557 » Pontormo, Italian painter and educator (b. 1494)
• 1613 » Salima Sultan Begum, Empress of the Mughal Empire (b. 1539)
• 1614 » Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (b. 1566)
• 1726 » Domenico Zipoli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1688)
• 1763 » John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English statesman (b. 1690)
• 1850 » Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Mexican lawyer and 20th President (1847) (b. 1789)
• 1861 » Frederick William IV of Prussia (b. 1795)
• 1892 » George Biddell Airy, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1801)
• 1904 » James Longstreet, American general and diplomat (b. 1821)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• April 15 » The Pocotaligo Massacre triggers the start of the Yamasee War in colonial South Carolina.
• May 3 » A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within 4 minutes accuracy.
• July 20 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The Ottoman Empire captures Nauplia, the capital of the Republic of Venice's "Kingdom of the Morea", thereby opening the way to the swift Ottoman reconquest of the Morea.
• July 31 » Seven days after a Spanish treasure fleet of 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
• September 1 » King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, which is the longest of any major European monarch.
• November 13 » Jacobite rising in Scotland: Battle of Sheriffmuir: The forces of the Kingdom of Great Britain halt the Jacobite advance, although the action is inconclusive.

The temperature on January 2, 1715 was about 7.0 °C.