Historical Events in 1722
- Jan 24 Tsar Peter the Great begins civil system
- Jan 24 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)
- Mar 8 Afghan monarch Mir Mahmud occupies Persia
- Mar 17 Willem KH Friso appointed mayor of Drente
- Apr 5 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island
- Apr 6 Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia, ends tax on men with beards
- Apr 22 19 VOC "komplotteurs" in Batavia executed
- Apr 30 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant
- May 3 Pierre de Marivaux' "La Double Inconstance" premieres in Paris
- Jun 30 Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanctions
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Samuel AdamsFamous People in 1722
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Virtuoso & Composer- Daniel Defoe
Novelist - Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Daniel Defoe
Johann Sebastian BachWorld Leaders in 1722
- George I
King - Peter the Great
Russian Tsar - Robert Walpole
1st British Prime Minister
George I
Peter the Great
Robert WalpoleFamous People Who Died in 1722
- Jan 7 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, dies at 60
- Jan 21 Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
- Feb 10 Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719-1722), dies at 39
- Mar 11 John Toland, Irish rationalist philosopher, dies at 51
- Mar 31 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62
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