Events in year of 1722
- 01-24Czar Peter the Great begins civil system
- 01-24Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st US Divinity Professor (Harvard)
- 03-08Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
- 03-17Willem KH Friso appointed Mayor of Drente
- 04-05Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
- 04-06Peter the Great ends tax on men with beards
- 04-2219 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
- 04-30Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
- 09-12Russian troops occupy Baku and Derbent on Persia
- 10-19French C Hopffer patents fire extinguisher
- 11-02Willem KH Friso (11) appointed Viceroy of Gelderland
People born in year of 1722
- 01-14Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer: Composer
- 01-26Prestonpans
- 01-28Johann Ernst Bach: Composer
- 04-11Christopher Smart: English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols)
- 04-12Pietro Nardini: Composer
- 05-11Peter Camper: Leyden, Holland -- Anatomist / professor (Amsterdam)
- 05-21Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle: Composer
- 05-22Johannes Schmidlin: Composer
- 06-06Adrien Trudo Sale: Composer
- 06-08Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht: Composer
- 06-30Jiri Antonin Benda: Composer
- 07-16Joseph Wilton: Sculptor
- 09-14Joseph Paul Ziegler: Composer
- 09-27Samuel Adams: Revolutionary rabble rouser / (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94)
- 10-05Gregorio Sciroli: Composer
- 11-11Johann Philipp Sack: Composer
- 12-01A L Karschin: Writer
People died in year of 1722
- 01-07Antoine Coypel: French Painter / poet, dies at 60
- 03-31Campegius Vitringa: Dutch Theologist / exegete, dies at 62
- 04-13Charles Leslie: Irish controversialist
- 04-22Pieter Erberfeld: German / Thais Merchant on Java
- 06-05Johann Kuhnau: Composer, dies at 62
- 06-16John Churchill up Marlborough: English General strategist, dies at 72
- 10-08Gerard Callenbach: Dutch Admiral, dies at 80
- 11-12Adriaen van der Werff: Dutch Painter / engraver / architect, dies at 63
- 11-24Johann Adam Reincken: German Organist / composer, dies at 99
- 12-08Elisabeth C "Liselotte" van Palts: German / French duchess, dies at 70
Events in year of 1723
- 04-23Cornelis Steenoven elected Archbishop of Utrecht
People born in year of 1723
- 01-01Christian Friedrich Gregor: Composer
- 01-27Johann A Cramer: Prime Minister / poet
- 02-05John Witherspoon: Clergyman / signed Declaration of Independence
- 02-17Tobias Mayer: "method of lunars" for longitude determination
- 03-25Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder]: Dutch demonstrater
- 03-31Frederik V: King of Denmark / Norway (1746-66)
- 04-14John Wainwright: Composer
- 04-25Giovanni Marco Rutini: Composer
- 06-05Adam Smith: Kirkcaldy, Scotland -- Economist (Wealth of Nations)
- 06-18Giuseppe Scarlotti: Composer
- 06-20Adam Ferguson: Scottish sociologist / historian
- 06-30Christian Ernst Graf: Composer
- 07-01Pedro R de Campomanes: Spanish economist / historian / literary
- 07-16Joshua Reynolds: England, United Kingdom -- Portrait painter (Simplicity)
- 07-29Christleib Siegmund Binder: Composer
- 08-02Nicolas de Pigage: French classical architect
- 10-16Johann Andreas Joseph Giulini: Composer
- 12-19Susanne K von Klettenberg: German friend of Goethes mother
- 12-22Carl Friedrich Abel: German / British viola-da-gamba-player / composer
People died in year of 1723
- 02-02Antonio M Valsalva: Italian anatomist, dies at 66
- 02-25Christopher Wren: England, astronomer / architect, dies at 90
- 04-05J Fischer von Erlach: Austrian Architect (Hofburg, Vienna), dies at 66
- 04-10Claude F Tserclaes: South Netherlands Earl of Tilly, dies at 74
- 07-01Willem van de Pose: Gov of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59
- 07-28Mariana Alcoforado: Nun (schreef no Lettres Portuguese), dies at 63
- 08-21Dimitrie Cantemir: Philosopher / Monarch of Moldova 1710-11, dies at 49
- 08-23Antoine Mouque: Composer, dies at 64
- 08-26Thonis van Leeuwenhoek: Biologist / inventor (microscope), dies at 90
- 11-07Godfrey Kneller: English Painter (74-77)
- 12-22Jacques Basnage: French / Dutch Historian / vicar, dies at 70
Events in year of 1724
- 01-14Spanish King Philip V abdicates throne
- 04-01Henry Pelham becomes English Minister of War
- 04-06Duke of Newcastle becomes English Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 04-161st Easter observed (OS=Apr 9)
- 06-23Russia and Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
- 10-15Cornelis Steenoven is 1st Archbishop of Old-Catholic church
- 12-23Emperor Charles VI names Maria Elisabeth land guardian of Aust Neth
- 12-24Benjamin Franklin arrives in London
People born in year of 1724
- 01-30Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger: Composer
- 04-12Lyman Hall: US Physician (signed Declaration of Independence)
- 04-22Immanuel Kant: Konigsberg, Germany -- Philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason)
- 04-27Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz: Composer
- 05-10Johan A Zoutman: Dutch Lieutenant Admiral (battle of Doggersbank)
- 06-08John Smeaton: Leeds, England -- Civil Engineer
- 07-02Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock: German poet
- 08-25George Stubbs: England, United Kingdom -- Animal painter (House Frightened by Lion)
- 09-01John Nieuwenhuijzen: Theologist / co-founder (Society of It General)
- 10-01Giovanni Battista Cirri: Composer
- 11-11Willem A Alting: Governor-General of the Netherlands Indies (1780-97)
- 11-21John Ekels [the Old]: Amsterdam painter / cartoonist
- 12-01Charles Theodoor: Elector (Palts & Bayern)
- 12-01Dismas Hatas: Composer
- 12-05Joseph Friebert: Composer
- 12-13Aepinus [Franz UT Hoch]: German Physician / physicist
- 12-31Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel: Composer
People died in year of 1724
- 02-13Francisco Jose Coutinho: Composer, dies at 43
- 03-07Innocent XIII [Michelangiolo dei Conti]: Pope (1721-24), dies at 68
- 03-08Enrico Giovanni Zuccalli: Swiss architect, dies at about 81
- 05-18Johann K Amman: Swiss / Dutch doctor for deaf-mutes, dies at 54
- 06-24Johann Theile: German Composer (Adam und Eva), dies at 77
- 08-24Andreas Kneller: Composer, dies at 75
- 11-16Jack Sheppard: English robber, hanged