Jul 1 Willem van de Pose, Governor of Cape Colony (1699-1797), dies at about 59 Jul 14 Claude Fleury, French priest and historian, dies at 82 Jul 26 Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman Jul 28 Mariana Alcoforado, Portuguese nun, dies at 63 1722 Famous Deaths by Year 1724