Historical Events Aug 1 First Doggett's Coat and Badge race (Waterman's race) held on Thames River (London Bridge to Chelsea) Aug 27 Earl of Mar raises the Jacobite standard at Braemar, Aberdeenshire starting the Jacobite uprising in Scotland Events in 1715 Famous Birthdays Aug 6 Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer, born in Aix-en-Provence, France (d. 1747) Born in 1715 Famous Deaths Aug 12 Nahum Tate, Anglo-Irish poet, playwright and poet laureate, dies at 62 or 63 Jul 1715 History by Year Sep 1715 Famous People by Generation Greatest Generation Silent Generation Baby Boomer Generation X Millennial Generation Z
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