March 8 » Treaty of Roskilde: After a devastating defeat in the Northern Wars (1655–1661), Frederick III, the King of Denmark–Norway is forced to give up nearly half his territory to Sweden to save the rest.
May 29 » Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
June 3 » Pope Alexander VII appoints François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France.
July 31 » Aurangzeb is proclaimed Mughal emperor of India.
September 3 » The death of Oliver Cromwell; Richard Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England.
September 17 » The Battle of Vilanova is fought between Portugal and Spain during the Portuguese Restoration War.
Day of death August 7, 1715
The temperature on August 7, 1715 was about 16.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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.
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