Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1715
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Literature
- Joseph Addison begins The Freeholder
- Cotton, Collected Works (posthumous)
- Daniel Defoe, Appeal to Honour and Justice, The Family
Instructor, vol. 1
- Garth, Claremont
- John Gay, Trivia
- Lesage, Gil Blas (through 1735)
- Alexander Pope, The First Book of Homer's Iliad, The Temple
of Fame
- Matthew Prior imprisoned in the Tower
- Nicholas Rowe appointed Poet Laureate
- Thomas Tickell, The First Book of Homer's Iliad
- Watts, Divine Songs for Children
Theatre
- Bullock, The Woman's Revenge
- Carey, Contrivances
- Colley Cibber, Venus and Adonis
- John Gay, The What d'ye Call It
- Charles Johnson, The Country Lasses
- Nicholas Rowe, Lady Jane Grey
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Amadigi
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- John Letherbridge invents the first waterproof diving suit
Politics & Law
- The 'Fifteen: Jacobite rebellion on behalf of the Pretender begins in
Scotland
- The Riot Act
- Richard Steele knighted on the Hanoverian accession
- Harley (Oxford) and St. John (Bolinbroke) are impeached of high
treason. Bolinbroke flees to France
Philosophy & Theology
- Derham, Astro-Theology
- Jonathan Edwards enters Yale University
- Isaac Watts, Hymns for Children and Divine Songs
Milestones
- Death of Gilbert Burnet
- Death of Louis XIV of France
- Death of Nahum Tate
Miscellaneous
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