1722 in History – What happened in year 1722

In history, year 1722 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1722.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1722:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
05 april	Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first European toland on Easter Island.
24 January	Edward Wiglesworth was appointed the first North American divinity professor.
17 March	William K.H. Friso was appointed Mayor of Darren.
05 April	Yakub Roggin discovered Easter Island.
25 July	Father's Rally War 1722-25) began along the Maine and Massachusetts border.
03 May	Perrier de Marivaux \ La Double Incostans \ premiered in Paris.
15 August	William Buttin, 17, hanged for arson and murder in the Colony of Pennsylvania.
12 September	In Persian, Baku and Derbent were captured by Russian troops.
19 October	The French C Hoffer built a fire extinguisher.
07 November	Richard Steele's "Conscious Lover" premiered in London.
20 December	A Chinese emperor died after a reign of Kangxi longest (61 years), so his son Yongzheng was made emperor.

Famous birthdays in the year 1722:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
03 December	Hryhorii Skovoroda / Poet / Ukraine
03 January	Fredrik Hasselqvist / Biologist / Sweden
05 November	William Byron / Politician / United Kingdom
11 August	Richard Brocklesby / Physician / United Kingdom
11 May	Petrus Camper / Physician / Netherlands
11 April	Christopher Smart / Actor / United Kingdom
12 April	Pietro Nardini / Violinist / Italy
16 July	Joseph Wilton / Academic / United Kingdom
16 September	Gabriel Christie / General / Scotland
19 November	Leopold Auenbrugger / Physician / Austria
19 November	Benjamin Chew / Lawyer / United States of America
22 November	Hryhorii Skovoroda / Poet / Ukraine
26 January	Alexander Carlyle / Author / Scotland
27 September	Samuel Adams / Politician / United States of America
28 December	Eliza Lucas / Agriculturalist / United States of America
29 May	James FitzGerald / Politician / Ireland
30 June	Jiří Antonín Benda / Violinist / Czech Republic
30 December	Charles Yorke / Politician / United Kingdom