Editing 1715 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 1]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Gurdas Nangal]] begins during the Mughal-Sikh Wars in [[India]], as the Mughal Army begins an eight-month siege of a fortress near [[Gurdaspur]] (in what is now the Punjab state), where Sikh General [[Banda Singh Bahadur]] and 1,250 of his men have fled.  The siege ends on December 7 when the 750 survivors, including Banda Singh, are captured.  By June 1716, most of the Sikh prisoners have been tortured, killed and executed, with Banda Singh dying on June 9.
* [[April 15]] &ndash; In the British colonial [[Province of South Carolina]], the [[Yamasee]] Confederation launches an attack on English settlements in disputed territory on [[Good Friday]], launching the two-year long [[Yamasee War]].  The day before, agents [[Thomas Nairne]], William Bray and Samuel Warner had participated in peace negotiations with the Yamasee at [[Pocotaligo, South Carolina|Pocotaligo]]. <ref>[https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/yamassee-war/ "Yamassee War"], by Michael P. Morris, online ''South Carolina Encyclopedia'' (University of South Carolina, 2016)</ref> Bray and Warner are killed that day, while Nairne is tortured to death and dies on April 17.
* [[April 24]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Fehmarn (1715)|Battle of Fehmarn]] takes place in the [[Baltic Sea]] as part of the [[Great Northern War]].  Ten warships of Denmark, under the command of Christian Gabel, overwhelm a force of Swedish Navy ships led by Carl Wachtmeister.  By the time the battle ends the next day, five Swedish ships and 1,626 crewmen have been captured, and another 353 killed.  The Danish navy suffers 65 deaths.  <ref>Lars Ericson Wolke, ''Sjöslag och rysshärjningar'' (''Naval Battles and Russian Ravages'') (Norstedts, 2011) p. 142.</ref>
* [[May 3]] &ndash; A total [[solar eclipse]] is seen across southern England, [[Sweden]] and Finland (the last total eclipse visible in London for almost 900 years).  English astronomer [[Edmond Halley]] (who is using the old style Julian calendar date of April 22) records the first observation noted of the phenomenon of "[[Baily's beads]]", in which higher elevations on the moon can be observed obscuring portions of the light moments before and after totality.
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[1715 England riots|Rioting begins in England]] on the birthday of King George I as supporters of the Old Pretender, James of the House of Stuart, begin mass protesting against the rule of the House of Hanover, near [[London]] in the towns of [[Smithfield, London|Smithfield]] and [[Highgate]], and the [[Cheapside]] financial district in London.
* [[June 9]] &ndash; [[Philip V of Spain|King Philip]], ruler of the [[Kingdom of Castile]] and the [[Kingdom of Aragon]] unifies the two governments into a single state, centralizing rule of a unified [[Kingdom of Spain]].
* [[June 22]] &ndash; Tsar [[Peter I of Russia]] witnesses the attempt of 45 Dutch and English ships to enter the small harbor at [[Saint Petersburg]] and decides that additional harbors are necessary for Russia to be able import Western goods.
* [[June 29]] &ndash; Britain's [[Treason Act 1714]] takes effect, providing for forfeiture to the British Crown of property owned by any person convicted of treason in the Kingdom.  The Act remains in effect until June 24, 1718.