1722

Historical Events in 1722

Event of Interest

Jan 24 Tsar Peter the Great begins civil system

Russian Tsar Peter the Great — Russian Tsar
Peter the Great

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

Easter Island Moai

Apr 5 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific

Two Moai on the Rano Raraku crater on Rapa Nui from a 1914-15 expedition photograph held in the British Museum — Two Moai on the Rano Raraku crater on Rapa Nui from a 1914-15 expedition photograph held in the British Museum

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

Event of Interest

Jun 30 Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanctions

Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI — Holy Roman Emperor
Charles VI

Jul 25 The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border
Sep 12 Russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent in Persia
Oct 19 French C. Hopffer patents the automatic fire extinguisher in England
Nov 2 Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland
Nov 7 Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers" premieres in London

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