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Years: 1719 1720 1721 - 1722 - 1723 1724 1725

Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1722 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders ---- From Categories: births - deaths

Events

• Abraham de Moivre states De Moivre's theorem connecting trigonometric functions and complex numbers
• Publication of the first book of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier
• Fall of Persia's Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the Afghani people.
• July 25 - Three Years War begins along Maine and Massachusetts border.
• December 20 - After the longest reign by a Chinese Emperor in history, the Kangxi Emperor dies and is succeeded by his son Yinzhen with the reign name Yongzheng.

• The Silence Dogood letters appear, written by Benjamin Franklin.
• On Easter, Dutch admiral Jakoc Roggeveen lands on what is now Easter Island

Births

• January 3 - Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
• January 26 - Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d. 1805)
• February 19 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (d. 1774)
• April 11 - Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
• April 12 - Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d. 1793)
• May 11 - Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d. 1798)
• May 29 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
• July 16 - Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d. 1803)
• August 9 - Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758)
• August 11 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
• September 5 - Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763)
• September 22 - John Home, Scottish dramatist (d. 1808)
• September 27 - Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d. 1803)
• October 2 - Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776)
• November 5 - William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (d. 1798)
• November 19 - Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809)
• November 19 - Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810)
• November 30 - Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761)
• December 30 - Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
• Flora Macdonald, Scottish heroine (d. 1790)
• Hyder Ali, Indian general and Sultan of Mysore (d. 1782)
• Joseph Warton, English poet and critic (d. 1800)

Deaths

• January 21 - Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
• February 10 - Bartholomew Roberts, English pirate
• March 11 - John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670)
• April 13 - Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b. 1650)
• May 20 - Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b. 1669)
• June 16 - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b. 1650)
• September 18 - André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
• November 20 - Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b. 1623)
• December 20 - Kangxi Emperor of China (b. 1654)
• December 23 - Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)
• Johann Kuhnau, German composer (b. 1660)