Editing 1715 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 20]] &ndash; [[Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–18)]]: The [[Siege of Nauplia (1715)|fall]] of [[Nauplion]], the capital of the Venetian "[[Kingdom of the Morea]]", seals the fate of the [[Peloponnese]] Peninsula, which is soon [[Ottoman reconquest of the Morea|completely retaken]] by the Ottomans.
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[1715 Treasure Fleet]]: A [[Spanish treasure fleet]] of 12 ships, under General Don Juan Ubilla, leaves [[Havana]], [[Cuba]] for Spain. Seven days later, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of [[Florida]] (some centuries later, treasure salvage is found from these wrecks).
* [[August 31]] &ndash; [[Old Dock]], [[Liverpool]], England, the world's first enclosed commercial [[wet dock]] ([[Thomas Steers]], engineer), opens.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/dock_history7.html|title=Trading Places: Old Dock History|publisher=Liverpool Museums|access-date=2008-03-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324050020/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/nof/docks/access/dock_history7.html |archive-date=March 24, 2008<!--Added by DASHBot-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41373|title=Liverpool: The docks|work=A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4|year=1911|pages=41–43|publisher=British History Online|access-date=2008-03-24|archive-date=May 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525145108/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=41373|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[September 1]] &ndash; King [[Louis XIV of France]] dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving his throne to his 5 year old great-grandson [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]]. [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans|Philippe d'Orléans]], the nephew of Louis XIV, serves as [[Regent]].
* [[September 6]] &ndash; The [[Jacobite rising of 1715|first major Jacobite rising]] in Scotland against the rule of King [[George I of Great Britain]] breaks out. [[John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1675–1732)|The Earl of Mar]] raises the standard of [[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Edward Stuart]], and marches on [[Edinburgh]]. James, the son of the deposed King [[James II of England|James VII]], arrives from France.
* [[September 14]] &ndash; Less than two weeks after King Louis XIV's death, [[Daniel Voysin de la Noiraye]], [[France]]'s [[Secretary of State for War (France)|Secretary of State for War]] since 1709, steps down at the request of the new regent, the Duke of Orleans.