1715 in Canada

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See also:	History of Canada Timeline of Canadian history List of years in Canada

Events from the year 1715 in Canada.

Incumbents

• French monarch: Louis XIV (until September 1), ^[1] then Louis XV ^[2]
• British and Irish monarch: George I ^[3]

Governors

• Governor General of New France: Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil
• Colonial Governor of Louisiana: Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
• Governor of Nova Scotia: Francis Nicholson then Samuel Vetch then Thomas Caulfeild
• Governor of Placentia: John Moody

Births

• Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, superintendent of northern Indians (died 1774)

References

1. "The Reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715): An Overview | University of Kentucky College of Arts & Sciences". history.as.uky.edu. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
2. Guéganic (2008), p. 13.
3. Gibbs, G. C. (September 2004; online edn, January 2006) "George I (1660–1727)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi : 10.1093/ref:odnb/10538. Retrieved 30 July 2007 (subscription required).